Retrospection Quotes

"One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful." "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." "While we are actually subjected to them the pains and sorrows of life are despotic and monotonous; but retrospectively, the same troubles almost always turn into pleasurable memories or even funny stories" "Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind."