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“We should always look back on our own past with a sort of contempt, as long as the tenderness is there - but please let some of the contempt be there.”

Should Looks Long Past Please Contempt Tenderness

Book:An interview with Dennis Potter: an edited transcript of Melvyn Bragg's interview with Dennis Potter, broadcast on the 5th of April 1994

Source: An interview with Dennis Potter: an edited transcript of Melvyn Bragg's interview with Dennis Potter, broadcast on the 5th of April 1994

“We sometimes condemn the present, by praising the past; and show our contempt of what is now, by our esteem for what is no more.”

Sometimes Shows Past Praise Esteem Contempt

Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“We must see to it that enthusiasm for the future does not give rise to contempt for the past.”

Giving Doe Past Enthusiasm Contempt

Book:Insegnamenti di Paolo VI.

Source: Insegnamenti di Paolo VI.