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Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. — George Santayana · 1905 For the one thing even God cannot do is change the past. — Agathon So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past. — F. Scott Fitzgerald · 1925 This only is denied even to God, The power to make what has been done undone. — Agathon · 350 BC Ancient times were the youth of the world. — Francis Bacon · 1605 The past is never dead. It's not even past. — William Faulkner · 1951 All 45 quotes →

Effects of the past9 quotes

So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past. — F. Scott Fitzgerald · 1925 The past is never dead. It's not even past. — William Faulkner · 1951 History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again. — Maya Angelou · 1993 The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is found in the effect was already in the cause. — Henri Bergson · 1907 The past is always with us. Where we come from, what we go through, how we go through it; all this shit matters. — D'Angelo Barksdale · 2006 The book says we might be through with the past, but the past is not through with us! — Jimmy Gator · 1999 All 9 quotes →

Past and present6 quotes

The past is never dead. It's not even past. — William Faulkner · 1951 The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there. — L.P. Hartley · 1953 The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is found in the effect was already in the cause. — Henri Bergson · 1907 No man who is correctly informed as to the past will be disposed to take a morose or desponding view of the present. — Thomas Babington Macaulay · 1848 Things bygone are the only things that last: The Present is mere grass, quick-mown away; The Past is stone, and stands for ever fast. — Eugene Lee-Hamilton · 1894 I guess sometimes the past just catches up with you, whether you want it to or not. — Old Paul Edgecomb · 1999

History5 quotes

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. — George Santayana · 1905 At every step the natural light which illuminates their path grows dimmer and less secure; and that, in spite of all their efforts, they have as yet only discovered a small number of conflicting notions, on which the mind of man has been tossed about for thousands of years, without either laying a firmer grasp on truth, or finding novelty even in its errors. — Alexis de Tocqueville · 1840 The history of things that didn’t happen has never been written. — Henry Kissinger · 1972 Man is a history-making creature who can neither repeat his past nor leave it behind. — W.H. Auden · 1962 If history records good things of good men, the thoughtful hearer is encouraged to imitate what is good. — Venerable Bede · 731

Learning from the past4 quotes

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. — George Santayana · 1905 At every step the natural light which illuminates their path grows dimmer and less secure; and that, in spite of all their efforts, they have as yet only discovered a small number of conflicting notions, on which the mind of man has been tossed about for thousands of years, without either laying a firmer grasp on truth, or finding novelty even in its errors. — Alexis de Tocqueville · 1840 By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves. — William Hazlitt · 1827 If history records good things of good men, the thoughtful hearer is encouraged to imitate what is good. — Venerable Bede · 731

Letting go of the past4 quotes

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 · 2002 Things without all remedy Should be without regard. What’s done is done. — William Shakespeare · 1616 Having looked the beast of the past in the eye, having asked and received forgiveness and having made amends, let us shut the door on the past-not in order to forget it but in order not to allow it to imprison us. — Desmond Tutu · 1998 What 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 BC

Dwelling on the past3 quotes

What can we ever gain in forever looking back and blaming ourselves if our lives have not turned out quite as we might have wished? The hard reality is, surely, that for the likes of you and I, there is little choice other than to leave our fate, ultimately, in the hands of those great gentlemen at the hub of this world who employ our services. What is the point in worrying oneself too much about what one could or could not have done to control the course one’s life took? Surely it is enough that the likes of you and I at least try to make our small contribution count for something true and worthy. And if some of us are prepared to sacrifice much in life in order to pursue such aspirations, surely that is in itself, whatever the outcome, cause for pride and contentment. — Kazuo Ishiguro · 1989 Yeah now, well, the thing about the old days... They the old days. — Slim Charles · 2006 Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you. — Satchel Paige · 1953

Looking back3 quotes

Things without all remedy Should be without regard. What’s done is done. — William Shakespeare · 1616 Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you. — Satchel Paige · 1953 Look back, and smile at perils past! — Sir Walter Scott · 1813

Past and future3 quotes

The best of Prophets of the future is the Past. — Lord Byron · 1821 What's past is prologue. — William Shakespeare · 1616 The Past is like a funeral gone by The Future comes like an unwelcomed guest. — Edmund Gosse · 1911

The future3 quotes

The best of Prophets of the future is the Past. — Lord Byron · 1821 Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or to lose. — Lyndon B. Johnson · 1963 The Past is like a funeral gone by The Future comes like an unwelcomed guest. — Edmund Gosse · 1911

Changing the past2 quotes

For the one thing even God cannot do is change the past. — Agathon This only is denied even to God, The power to make what has been done undone. — Agathon · 350 BC

God2 quotes

For the one thing even God cannot do is change the past. — Agathon This only is denied even to God, The power to make what has been done undone. — Agathon · 350 BC

God's power2 quotes

For the one thing even God cannot do is change the past. — Agathon This only is denied even to God, The power to make what has been done undone. — Agathon · 350 BC

Living in the past2 quotes

Clinging to the past is the problem. Embracing change is the solution. — Gloria Steinem · 1994 Three thousand years of beautiful tradition, from Moses to Sandy Koufax, you're goddamn right I'm living in the fucking past! — Walter Sobchak · 1998

Moving forward2 quotes

My mama always said you’ve got to put the past behind you before you can move on. — Forrest Gump · 1994 Having looked the beast of the past in the eye, having asked and received forgiveness and having made amends, let us shut the door on the past-not in order to forget it but in order not to allow it to imprison us. — Desmond Tutu · 1998

Nostalgia2 quotes

Memories warm you up from the inside but they also tear you apart. — Haruki Murakami · 2002 Three thousand years of beautiful tradition, from Moses to Sandy Koufax, you're goddamn right I'm living in the fucking past! — Walter Sobchak · 1998

Past as prologue2 quotes

The best of Prophets of the future is the Past. — Lord Byron · 1821 What's past is prologue. — William Shakespeare · 1616

Progress2 quotes

We cannot reform our forefathers. — George Eliot · 1859 Clinging to the past is the problem. Embracing change is the solution. — Gloria Steinem · 1994

The human condition2 quotes

So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past. — F. Scott Fitzgerald · 1925 Man is a history-making creature who can neither repeat his past nor leave it behind. — W.H. Auden · 1962

The present2 quotes

No man who is correctly informed as to the past will be disposed to take a morose or desponding view of the present. — Thomas Babington Macaulay · 1848 Things bygone are the only things that last: The Present is mere grass, quick-mown away; The Past is stone, and stands for ever fast. — Eugene Lee-Hamilton · 1894

The road not taken2 quotes

What's done cannot be undone. — William Shakespeare · 1616 The history of things that didn’t happen has never been written. — Henry Kissinger · 1972

Actions have consequences1 quote

What's done cannot be undone. — William Shakespeare · 1616

Change1 quote

Clinging to the past is the problem. Embracing change is the solution. — Gloria Steinem · 1994

Clean slate1 quote

Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or to lose. — Lyndon B. Johnson · 1963

Counterfactual history1 quote

The history of things that didn’t happen has never been written. — Henry Kissinger · 1972

History repeating itself1 quote

History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again. — Maya Angelou · 1993

Idealizing the past1 quote

The past is the only dead thing that smells sweet. — Edward Thomas · 1917

Ignorance1 quote

At every step the natural light which illuminates their path grows dimmer and less secure; and that, in spite of all their efforts, they have as yet only discovered a small number of conflicting notions, on which the mind of man has been tossed about for thousands of years, without either laying a firmer grasp on truth, or finding novelty even in its errors. — Alexis de Tocqueville · 1840

Ignorance of history1 quote

Impermanence1 quote

Things bygone are the only things that last: The Present is mere grass, quick-mown away; The Past is stone, and stands for ever fast. — Eugene Lee-Hamilton · 1894

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