We remain
Safe in the hallowed quiets of the past.

We remain
Safe in the hallowed quiets of the past.

Study the past if you would divine the future.

Study the past if you would divine the future.

Oh! the good times when we were so unhappy.
[Fr., Oh le bon temps ou etions si malheureux.]

Oh! the good times when we were so unhappy.
[Fr., Oh le bon temps ou etions si malheureux.]

Praise they that will times past, I joy to see
My selfe now live: this age best pleaseth mee.

Praise they that will times past, I joy to see
My selfe now live: this age best pleaseth mee.

Look back, and smile on perils past.

Look back, and smile on perils past.

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.

The next day is never so good as the day before.

The next day is never so good as the day before.

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.

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.