I can only note that the past is beautiful because one never realises an emotion at the time. It expands later, and thus we don't have complete emotions about the present, only about the past.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I think the beautiful thing about the past is that it leads you to the present.
The beauty of the past belongs to the past.
The past always looks better than it was. It's only pleasant because it isn't here.
The past becomes a texture, an ambience to our present.
The past itself, as historical change continues to accelerate, has become the most surreal of subjects - making it possible... to see a new beauty in what is vanishing.
I know not why there is such a melancholy feeling attached to the remembrance of past happiness, except that we fear that the future can have nothing so bright as the past.
When we recall the past, we usually find that it is the simplest things - not the great occasions - that in retrospect give off the greatest glow of happiness.
Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.
I think that emotion and good stories can cross the times.
I am not sentimental about the past. I like to think about what is next.
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