“Soothe the present as much as we may; look forward as hopefully as we can to the future, still the dreadful past must overshadow us.”

— Arthur Helps

Source: Brevia: Short Essays and Aphorisms. (1871), p. 116

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British writer 1813–1875

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Anaïs Nin (1903–1977) writer of novels, short stories, and erotica

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“We must all turn our backs upon the horrors of the past. We must look to the future. We cannot afford to drag forward cross the years that are to come the hatreds and revenges which have sprung from the injuries of the past.”

Winston S. Churchill (1874–1965) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Speech at Zurich University (September 19, 1946) ( partial text http://www.churchill-society-london.org.uk/astonish.html) ( http://www.peshawar.ch/varia/winston.htm).
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