“My life can be so arranged that I can live on whatever I have. If I cannot live as I have lived in the past, I shall live differently, and living differently does not mean living with less attention to the things that make life gracious and pleasant or with less enjoyment of things of the mind.” IfsMindMeanDoeI CanPastAttentionEnjoymentPleasantGraciousMiscellaneous Author:Eleanor Roosevelt
“The age which we live in is not suited to idle complacency or to pleasant dreams of past greatness.” DreamAgePastGreatnessPleasantIdleComplacencyPleasant Dreams Author:Vincent Massey
“It does seem so pleasant to talk with an old acquaintance who knows what you know. I see so many new folks nowadays who seem to have neither past nor future. Conversation has got to have some root in the past, or else you have got to explain every remark you make, and it wears a person out.” KnowsPersonsDoeSeemsPastHistoryConversationRootsFolksPleasantAcquaintanceRemarks Author:Sarah Orne Jewett
“It is generally said, "Past labors are pleasant," Euripides says, for you all know the Greek verse, "The recollection of past labors is pleasant." [Lat., Vulgo enim dicitur, Jucundi acti labores: nec male Euripides: concludam, si potero, Latine: Graecum enim hunc versum nostis omnes: Suavis laborum est proeteritorum memoria.” KnowsSaidPastLaborMalesGreekPleasantVersesRecollection Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero
“Pleasant is the recollection of dangers past.” PastDangerPleasantRecollection Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero
“The memory of past troubles is pleasant. [Lat., Jucunda memoria est praeteritorum malorum.]” PastMemoriesTroublePleasant Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero