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A moment lasts all of a second, but the memory lives on forever.
A moment lasts all of a second, but the memory lives on forever.
A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory
A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory
Just remember that the things you put into your head are there forever,
Just remember that the things you put into your head are there forever,
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.
Yet how much less it were to gain,
Though thou hast left me free,
The loveliest things read more
Yet how much less it were to gain,
Though thou hast left me free,
The loveliest things that still remain,
Than thus remember thee.
But each day brings its petty dust our soon-choked souls to fill, and we forget because we must, and not read more
But each day brings its petty dust our soon-choked souls to fill, and we forget because we must, and not because we will.
The palest ink is better than the best memory.
The palest ink is better than the best memory.
Take only memories, leave nothing but footprints.
Take only memories, leave nothing but footprints.
To be remembered after we are dead, is but poor recompense for being treated with contempt while we are living.
To be remembered after we are dead, is but poor recompense for being treated with contempt while we are living.
