Why does the past look so enticing to us? For the same reason why from a distance a meadow with flowers looks like a flower bed.
Franz GrillparzerYou say I'm small? I certainly can relate, although it is a matter of perspective. The distance is deceptive, my friend, you standtoo low.
Franz GrillparzerWhy I love the ancients so much? Aside from everything else, when I read them, the entire past between them and me unfolds at thesame time. The hearts of how many heroes and poets may have been set on fire by Plutarch's biographies which now inspire me with their own and with borrowed flames!
Franz Grillparzer