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    The charm, one might say the genius of memory, is that it is choosy, chancy, and temperamental: it rejects the edifying cathedral and indelibly photographs the small boy outside, chewing a hunk of melon in the dust.

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Rules of society are nothing; ones conscience is the umpire.

Rules of society are nothing; ones conscience is the umpire.

by Madame Dudevant Found in: Existence Quotes,
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Yet how much less it were to gain,
Though thou hast left me free,
The loveliest things read more

Yet how much less it were to gain,
Though thou hast left me free,
The loveliest things that still remain,
Than thus remember thee.

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The best memory is that which forgets nothing, but injuries. Write kindness in marble and write injuries in the dust.

The best memory is that which forgets nothing, but injuries. Write kindness in marble and write injuries in the dust.

by Persian Proverb Found in: Memory Quotes,
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Imitation is the sincerest form of television.

Imitation is the sincerest form of television.

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I have been in love, and in debt, and in drink, this many and many a year.

I have been in love, and in debt, and in drink, this many and many a year.

by Alexander Brome Found in: Existence Quotes,
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No memory of having starred atones for later disregard, or keeps the end from being hard.

No memory of having starred atones for later disregard, or keeps the end from being hard.

by Robert Frost Found in: Memory Quotes,
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There's never enough time to do it right, but there's always enough time to do it over.

There's never enough time to do it right, but there's always enough time to do it over.

by Jack Bergman Found in: Existence Quotes,
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Only in men's imagination does every truth find an effective and undeniable existence. Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master read more

Only in men's imagination does every truth find an effective and undeniable existence. Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art as of life.

by Joseph Conrad Found in: Existence Quotes,
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Far from our eyes th' Enchanting Objects set,
Advantage by the friendly Distance get.

Far from our eyes th' Enchanting Objects set,
Advantage by the friendly Distance get.

by Guillaume Alexis Found in: Memory Quotes,
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