A History of living in the past
Couple of thoughts on this

Do you think that the guy who said “stop living in the past” failed history?

You never tell a guy to stop living in the past who did some good. And example
“Hey I saved a baby in a fire”
“Stop living in the past.”
If history has taught us anything it is that , you would sound like a jerk.

And finally;

Someone once told me to stop living in the past. I told him I used to, in fact, we all did.