Who said "The good old days are often what we remember, not what was."?

This quote is attributed to Nathaniel Hawthorne.

The good old days are often what we remember, not what was. - Nathaniel Hawthorne

"The good old days are often what we remember, not what was."

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Novelist American 1804–1864

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