Alexander Pushkin — "The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there."
The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.
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Often misattributed to Pushkin, but a sentiment he might have expressed in his historical works.
Date: Early 19th century (though the exact phrasing is from L.P. Hartley)
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