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No traces left of all the busy scene,
But that remembrances says: The things have been.
No traces left of all the busy scene,
But that remembrances says: The things have been.
The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.
The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.
Not heaven itself upon the past has power;
But what has been, has been, and I have had my read more
Not heaven itself upon the past has power;
But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour.
The best of prophets of the future is the past.
The best of prophets of the future is the past.
The Present is the living sum-total of the whole Past.
The Present is the living sum-total of the whole Past.
The free world must now prove itself worthy of its own past.
The free world must now prove itself worthy of its own past.
Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is read more
Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranteed.
O Death! O Change! O Time!
Without you, O! the insufferable eyes
Of these poor Might-Have-Beens,
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O Death! O Change! O Time!
Without you, O! the insufferable eyes
Of these poor Might-Have-Beens,
These fatuous, ineffectual yesterdays.
We remain
Safe in the hallowed quiets of the past.
We remain
Safe in the hallowed quiets of the past.
