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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.
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.
You have to know the past to understand the present.
You have to know the past to understand the present.
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.]
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.
We remain
Safe in the hallowed quiets of the past.
We remain
Safe in the hallowed quiets of the past.
Those who misremember the past are pleased to repreat it as "proof.".
Those who misremember the past are pleased to repreat it as "proof.".
Don't brood on the past, but don't forget it either.
Don't brood on the past, but don't forget it either.
