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Quotes about Past
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“We have seen better days.”
“What is past is prologue.”
“The past is at least secure.”
“Nostalgia is a seductive liar.”
“I never look back, I look forward.”
“The past does not equal the future.”
“Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.”
“Look back, and smile at perils past.”
“Posterity will pay everyone their due.”
“Study the past if you would divine the future.”
“Look to the past for guidance into the future.”
“The past should be a springboard, not a hammock.”
“In the maxim of the past you cannot go anywhere.”
“The next day is never so good as the day before.”
“Only by acceptance of the past, can you alter it.”
“They spend their time looking forward to the past.”
“The function of posterity is to look after itself.”
“The past is the only dead thing that smells sweet.”
“Think of your forefathers! Think of your posterity.”
“Don't brood on the past, but don't forget it either.”
“Nothing is improbable until it moves into past tense.”
“There is nothing new, but what has become antiquated.”
“I cannot sing the old songs, Or dream those dreams again,”
“Those who do remember it will find new ways to screw it up.”
“The free world must not prove itself worthy of its own past.”
“Nothing is as new as something which as been long forgotten.”
“Living in the past has one thing going for it; it's cheaper!”
“The investor of today does not profit from yesterday's growth.”
“The past, though it cannot be relived, can always be repaired.”
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”