Who said "The past is a foreign country; we cannot return there."?

This quote is attributed to Gérard de Nerval.

The past is a foreign country; we cannot return there. - Gérard de Nerval

"The past is a foreign country; we cannot return there."

Gérard de Nerval Time

Poet Writer French 1808–1855

"I am the shadow, and I am the light; I am what you fear and what you desire."

"Every man has a shadow which follows him as his faithful companion."

"We are all mad, but the question is whether we are mad enough."

"Love is the poetry of the senses."

"Time waits for no one."

"Time spent with loved ones is never wasted."

"I've been alive for a long time. Long enough to know that you can't trust anyone."

"The past always catches up with you."