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Many a man fails to become a thinker only because his memory is too good.
Many a man fails to become a thinker only because his memory is too good.
He who is not very strong in memory should not meddle with lying.
He who is not very strong in memory should not meddle with lying.
A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no staff to spin.
A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no staff to spin.
God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December.
God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December.
Out of sighte, out of mynde.
Out of sighte, out of mynde.
Our memory is like a shop in the window of which is exposed now one, now another photograph of the read more
Our memory is like a shop in the window of which is exposed now one, now another photograph of the same person. And as a rule the most recent exhibit remains for some time the only one to be seen.
Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet read more
Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?
Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory it too good.
Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory it too good.
