The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time.

The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time.

The palest ink is better than the best memory.

The palest ink is better than the best memory.

By every remove I only drag a greater length of chain.

By every remove I only drag a greater length of chain.

Every man's memory is his private literature.

Every man's memory is his private literature.

God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December.

God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December.

Memory is the mother of all wisdom.

Memory is the mother of all wisdom.

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.

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.

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.