Who said "The past is the only dead thing that smells sweet."?

This quote is attributed to Fernando Pessoa.

The past is the only dead thing that smells sweet. - Fernando Pessoa

"The past is the only dead thing that smells sweet."

Fernando Pessoa History

Poet Portuguese 1888–1935

"I am not I; I am this one walking beside me whom I do not see."

"To be great, be whole; exclude nothing, exaggerate nothing that is not you."

"The worst prison people live in is the fear of what other people think."

"I love without knowing how, or what, or even if I exist."

"I've seen a lot of things in my time."

"That's how we archaeologists tell time."

"We must learn from history or be doomed to repeat it."

"Every artifact tells a story."