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We remain
Safe in the hallowed quiets of the past.
We remain
Safe in the hallowed quiets of the past.
John Anderson, my jo, John,
When we were first acquent,
Your locks were like the raven,
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John Anderson, my jo, John,
When we were first acquent,
Your locks were like the raven,
Your bonny brow was brent.
You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your arms too full to embrace the read more
You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your arms too full to embrace the present.
Nostalgia is a seductive liar.
Nostalgia is a seductive liar.
To be able to look back upon one's past life with satisfaction is to live twice.
To be able to look back upon one's past life with satisfaction is to live twice.
O God! Put back Thy universe and give me yesterday.
O God! Put back Thy universe and give me yesterday.
The Present is the living sum-total of the whole Past.
The Present is the living sum-total of the whole Past.
The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is
found in the effect was already in the read more
The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is
found in the effect was already in the cause.
O, to bring back the great Homeric time,
The simple manners and the deed sublime:
When the read more
O, to bring back the great Homeric time,
The simple manners and the deed sublime:
When the wise Wanderer, often foiled by Fate,
Through the long furrow drave the ploughshare straight.
