You have to know the past to understand the present.

You can hide memories, suppress them, but you cant erase the history that produced them.

The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down.

The distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.

Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too.

Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future too.

Everyman's life lies within the present for the past is spent and done with and the future is uncertain.