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The Present is the living sum-total of the whole Past.
The Present is the living sum-total of the whole Past.
The light of other days is faded,
And all their glories past.
The light of other days is faded,
And all their glories past.
Man... cannot learn to forget, but hangs on the past: however far or fast he runs, that chain runs with read more
Man... cannot learn to forget, but hangs on the past: however far or fast he runs, that chain runs with him.
We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it.
We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it.
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.
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 past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.
The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.
The best of prophets of the future is the past.
The best of prophets of the future is the past.
Look back, and smile on perils past.
Look back, and smile on perils past.
