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Harp not on that string, madam; that is past. — William Shakespeare · 1597Things past redress are now with me past care. — William Shakespeare · 1595Philosophical literature2 quotes
Think of the life you have lived until now as over and, as a dead man, see what’s left as a bonus and live it according to Nature. Love the hand that fate deals you and play it as your own, for what could be more fitting? — Marcus Aurelius · 180What is over and done with, one does not discuss. What has already taken its course, one does not criticize; what already belongs to the past, one does not censure. — Confucius · 221 BCAutobiography and memoir1 quote
I have learned that if you must leave a place that you have lived and loved and where all your yesterdays are buried deep-leave it any way except a slow way; leave it the fastest way you can. Never turn back and never believe that an hour you remember is a better hour because it is dead. Passed years seem safe ones, vanquished ones, while the future lives in a cloud, formidable from a distance. — Beryl Markham · 1942Comedy1 quote
Maybe the past is like an anchor holding us back. Maybe, you have to let go of who you were to become who you will be. — Carrie · 2002Comedy (TV)1 quote
Maybe the past is like an anchor holding us back. Maybe, you have to let go of who you were to become who you will be. — Carrie · 2002Comedy (play)1 quote
What's gone and what's past help
Should be past grief. — William Shakespeare · 1611Pop rock1 quote
Don't stop thinking about tomorrow,
Don't stop, it'll soon be here.
It'll be here better than before,
Yesterday's gone, yesterday's gone. — Fleetwood Mac · 1977Romantic comedy1 quote
Maybe the past is like an anchor holding us back. Maybe, you have to let go of who you were to become who you will be. — Carrie · 2002Romantic comedy (TV)1 quote
Maybe the past is like an anchor holding us back. Maybe, you have to let go of who you were to become who you will be. — Carrie · 2002Tragedy (play)1 quote
Things without all remedy
Should be without regard. What’s done is done. — William Shakespeare · 1616