Quotes About Past

Neither the truth nor the character of history depend, in any way, upon its having some lesson to teach us. And if ever we persuade ourselves that the past has taught us something, we may be certain that it is not the historical past which has been our teacher.

Perhaps we really are surrounded by the past, made prisoners of it. No matter how far we travel, how hard we try to forget, the scarred tree forever stands by the side of the road, if only in our minds. The only way to drive by is to set the past straight, once and for all, by remembering.

She is more memory than reality. She belongs to a time of teenage crushes, first kisses, crowded lecture halls and smoky pubs. Even if she had lived, we might have had nothing in common except the past.

Os antigos Gregos costumavam dizer que a Sorte era uma mulher muito bonita de cabelo encaracolado que caminhava na rua entre as pessoas. Talvez o seu nome fosse Karma. É uma amante inconstante, uma mulher prudente, uma rameira e uma adepta do Manchester United. Costumava ser minha.

The promise given was necessity of the past: the word borken is a necessity of the present" -Niccolo Machiavelli

The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present'?

We live individual lives with the consciousness of death and awareness of the past. But the most important part of that sentence is the individual part. Let yourself be humbled by the experiences people have been having for thousands of years. And speak of it.

Know this: even if you're like us and still doddering around above ground, someone out there from your past is probably pretty sure that you're dead by now. (p.125 )

Every period of life has its peculiar prejudices; whoever saw old age, that did not applaud the past, and condemn the present times?

When we think about the present, we veer wildly between the belief in chance and the evidence in favour of determinism. When we think about the past, however, it seems obvious that everything happened in the way that it was intended.

it isn't the future but past that kills you, that comes back to torment and undermine you, and effectively ends up killing you.

No one in the West will ever be happy again, she also thought, never again; happiness today is nothing but an old dream, the past conditions for its existence are simply no longer being fulfilled.

We feel nostalgia for a place simply because we've lived there; whether we lived well or badly scarcely matters. The past is always beautiful. So, for that matter, is the future. Only the present hurts, and we carry it around like an abscess of suffering, our companion between two infinities of happiness and peace.

We feel nostalgia for a place simply because we've lived there; whether we lived well or badly scarcely matters. The past is always beautiful. So, for that matter, is the future. Only the present hurts, and we carry it around like an abscess of suffering, our companion between two infinities of happiness and peace. Gradually

Heimwee heeft niets met esthetisch gevoel te maken, het is ook niet eens verbonden met een gelukkige herinnering, je hebt heimwee naar een plaats om de eenvoudige reden dat je er hebt gewoond, of je het er nu goed of slecht hebt gehad, het verleden is altijd mooi, en de toekomst trouwens ook, alleen het heden doet pijn, je draagt het met je mee als een lijdensgezwel dat je altijd vergezelt tussen twee oneindigheden van vredig geluk.

la nostalgia no es un sentimiento estético, ni siquiera está ligada al recuerdo de la felicidad, se siente nostalgia de un lugar simplemente porque uno ha vivido allí, poco importa si bien o mal, el pasado siempre es bonito, y también el futuro, sólo duele el presente y cargamos con él como un absceso de sufrimiento que nos acompaña entre dos infinitos de apacible felicidad.

La nostalgia no es un sentimiento estético, ni siquiera está ligada al recuerdo de la felicidad, se siente nostalgia de un lugar simplemente porque uno ha vivido ahí, poco importa si bien o mal; el pasado siempre es bonito, y también el futuro, solo duele el presente y cargamos con él como un absceso de sufrimiento que nos acompaña entre dos infinitos de apacible felicidad

Al considerar el pasado siempre se tiene la impresión — probablemente falsa — de un cierto determinismo.

But the past always seems, perhaps wrongly, to be predestined.

Al considerar los acontecimientos presentes de nuestra vida, oscilamos constantemente entre la fe en el azar y la evidencia del determinismo. Sin embargo, cuando se trata del pasado, no tenemos la menor duda: nos parece obvio que todo ha ocurrido del modo en que, efectivamente, tenía que ocurrir

passé est toujours beau, et le futur aussi d'ailleurs, il n'y a que le présent qui fasse mal, qu'on transporte avec soi comme un abcès de souffrance qui vous accompagne entre deux infinis de bonheur paisible.

le passé est toujours beau, et le futur aussi d'ailleurs, il n'y a que le présent qui fasse mal, qu'on transporte avec soi comme un abcès de souffrance qui vous accompagne entre deux infinis de bonheur paisible.

The past is always beautiful. So, for that matter, is the future. Only the present hurts, and we carry it around like an abscess of suffering, our companion between two infinities of happiness and peace.

Devaluar el pasado y el presente en beneficio del futuro, devaluar lo real para preferir una virtualidad situada en un futuro incierto, son síntomas del nihilismo europeo mucho más decisivos que todo los que Nietzsche pudo detectar;