The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.

The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.

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.

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.

John Anderson, my jo, John,
When we were first acquent,
Your locks were like the raven,
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John Anderson, my jo, John,
When we were first acquent,
Your locks were like the raven,
Your bonny brow was brent.

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.

The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is found in the effect was already in the cause.

The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is found in the effect was already in the cause.

Nostalgia is a seductive liar.

Nostalgia is a seductive liar.