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Don't remember what you can infer.
Don't remember what you can infer.
 Remembrance wakes with all her busy train,
 Swells at my breast, and turns the past to pain.  
 Remembrance wakes with all her busy train,
 Swells at my breast, and turns the past to pain. 
 The mother may forget the child
 That smiles sae sweetly on her knee;
  But I'll remember thee, read more 
 The mother may forget the child
 That smiles sae sweetly on her knee;
  But I'll remember thee, Glencairn,
   And all that thou hast done for me! 
Memory is not wisdom; idiots can by rote repeat volumes. Yet what is wisdom without memory?
Memory is not wisdom; idiots can by rote repeat volumes. Yet what is wisdom without memory?
Unless we remember we cannot understand.
Unless we remember we cannot understand.
No memory is ever alone; it's at the end of a trail of memories, a dozen trails that each have read more
No memory is ever alone; it's at the end of a trail of memories, a dozen trails that each have their own associations.
If this were a logical world, men would ride side saddle.
If this were a logical world, men would ride side saddle.
The secret of a good memory is attention, and attention to a subject depends upon our interest in it. We read more
The secret of a good memory is attention, and attention to a subject depends upon our interest in it. We rarely forget that which has made a deep impression on our minds.
Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition for our existence.
Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition for our existence.