I remember what somebody said about nostalgia, he said it's okay to look back, as long as you don't stare. -- Tom Paxton
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Re: looking back...
Wed, October 4, 2006 - 4:03 AM"Nostalgia is like a grammar lesson: you find the present tense, but the past perfect! "
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Re: looking back...
Sun, November 5, 2006 - 8:03 PMOn looking back Michel de Montaigne writes ; ' Alas, Why did I not want to do as a young man what I want to do now? Or why, thinking as I do now, cannot my radiant cheeks return' ? -
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Re: looking back...
Wed, November 8, 2006 - 6:47 AMLost time is never found again.
Benjamin Franklin -
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Re: looking back...
Mon, December 18, 2006 - 9:13 PMWm.Shakespeare has The Player King in Hamlet say this
: 'Our wills and fates do so contrary run
That our devices still are overthrown,
Our thoughts are ours, their ends none of of our own.' -
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Re: looking back...
Fri, December 22, 2006 - 3:28 PMOn looking back.: Hugh Latimer said this to Nicholas Ridley as they were about to be burnt at the stake for heresy ;
"Play the man, Master Ridley; we shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out."
Profound isn't it...but also a trifle ironic given the circumstance of their demise.Methinks Hugh had a sense of humour
my compliments of the season to you all......robbi
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