Gone--glimmering through the dream of things that were.

Gone--glimmering through the dream of things that were.

Therefore Agathon rightly says: "Of this alone even God is
deprived, the power of making things that are past read more

Therefore Agathon rightly says: "Of this alone even God is
deprived, the power of making things that are past never to have
been."

The light of other days is faded,
And all their glories past.

The light of other days is faded,
And all their glories past.

The days of rejoicing are gone forever.
[Fr., Ils sont passes ces jours de fete.]

The days of rejoicing are gone forever.
[Fr., Ils sont passes ces jours de fete.]

You have to know the past to understand the present.

You have to know the past to understand the present.

The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.

The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.

Those who misremember the past are pleased to repreat it as "proof.".

Those who misremember the past are pleased to repreat it as "proof.".

Nostalgia is a seductive liar.

Nostalgia is a seductive liar.

The past is prophetic in that it asserts loudly that wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.

The past is prophetic in that it asserts loudly that wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.