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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.
Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.
Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.
A man must get a thing before he can forget it.
A man must get a thing before he can forget it.
 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. 
 The wind blows out, the bubble dies;
 The spring entomb'd in autumn lies;
  The dew dries up; read more 
 The wind blows out, the bubble dies;
 The spring entomb'd in autumn lies;
  The dew dries up; the star is shot;
   The flight is past--and man forgot. 
 But my thoughts ran a wool-gathering; and I did like the 
countryman, who looked for his ass while he read more 
 But my thoughts ran a wool-gathering; and I did like the 
countryman, who looked for his ass while he was mounted on his 
back. 
 Mistakes remember'd are not faults forgot.
   - Robert H. Newell (used pseudonym Orpheus C. Kerr),  
 Mistakes remember'd are not faults forgot.
   - Robert H. Newell (used pseudonym Orpheus C. Kerr), 
 God and the Doctor we alike adore
 But only when in danger, not before;
  The danger o'er, read more 
 God and the Doctor we alike adore
 But only when in danger, not before;
  The danger o'er, both are alike requited,
   God is forgotten, and the Doctor slighted. 
It is sometimes expedient to forget who we are.
It is sometimes expedient to forget who we are.