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Don't brood on the past, but don't forget it either.
Don't brood on the past, but don't forget it either.
Look back, and smile on perils past.
Look back, and smile on perils past.
I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes.
I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes.
Study the past if you would divine the future.
Study the past if you would divine the future.
Those who misremember the past are pleased to repreat it as "proof.".
Those who misremember the past are pleased to repreat it as "proof.".
Procrastination is the thief of time.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
O, to bring back the great Homeric time,
The simple manners and the deed sublime:
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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.
O God! Put back Thy universe and give me yesterday.
O God! Put back Thy universe and give me yesterday.
You have to know the past to understand the present.
You have to know the past to understand the present.