The man who lives in the past, robs the present.
Related:
- For he lives twice who can at once employ
The present well,
and e'en the past enjoy. -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744)... - A conservative is a person who lives in a past that
never existed... - Who controls the past controls the future.
Who controls the present controls the past.
George Orwell (1903-1950), "1984",... - Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present
controls the past.
George Orwell,... - Man spends his life in reasoning on the past,
in complaining of the present,
in fearing the future. -- Antoine... - Every man's life lies within the present; for the past is spent and done
with,
and the future is uncertain. Marcus... - Let's interpret the past according to the present and not the present
according to the past.
Shlomi... - Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are
certain to miss the future.
John F. Kennedy,... - The Hidden stone ripens fast,
then laid bare like a turnip
can easily be cut out at last
but even then the danger isn't past.
That man lives best who's fain to live half mad, half...
