A man must get a thing before he can forget it.

A man must get a thing before he can forget it.

Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.

Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.

One day I wrote her name upon the strand,
But came the waves and washed it away;
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One day I wrote her name upon the strand,
But came the waves and washed it away;
Agayne I wrote it with a second hand,
But came the tyde and made my paynes his prey.

We bury love,
Forgetfulness grows over it like grass;
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We bury love,
Forgetfulness grows over it like grass;
That is a thing to weep for, not the dead.

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her
cunning.

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her
cunning.

And have you been to Borderland?
Its country lies on either hand
Beyond the river I-forget.
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And have you been to Borderland?
Its country lies on either hand
Beyond the river I-forget.
One crosses by a single stone
So narrow one must pass alone,
And all about its waters fret--
The laughing river I-forget.

It is sometimes expedient to forget what you know.
[Lat., Etiam oblivisci quod scis interdum expedit.]

It is sometimes expedient to forget what you know.
[Lat., Etiam oblivisci quod scis interdum expedit.]

God and I both knew what it meant once; now God alone knows.

God and I both knew what it meant once; now God alone knows.

We may with advantage forget what we know.

We may with advantage forget what we know.