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The past always looks better than it was; it's only pleasant because it isn't here.
The past always looks better than it was; it's only pleasant because it isn't here.
Nostalgia is a seductive liar.
Nostalgia is a seductive liar.
Those who do remember it will find new ways to screw it up.
Those who do remember it will find new ways to screw it up.
I cannot sing the old songs, Or dream those dreams again,
I cannot sing the old songs, Or dream those dreams again,
The good of other times let people state;
I think it lucky I was born so late.
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The good of other times let people state;
I think it lucky I was born so late.
[Lat., Prisca juvent alios; ego me nunc denique natum Gratulor.]
Don't brood on the past, but don't forget it either.
Don't brood on the past, but don't forget it either.
The light of other days is faded,
And all their glories past.
The light of other days is faded,
And all their glories past.
Gone--glimmering through the dream of things that were.
Gone--glimmering through the dream of things that were.
