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If you have to keep reminding yourself of a thing, perhaps it isn't so.
If you have to keep reminding yourself of a thing, perhaps it isn't so.
 To live in hearts we leave behind,
 Is not to die.  
 To live in hearts we leave behind,
 Is not to die. 
A lot of people mistake a short memory for a clear conscience.
A lot of people mistake a short memory for a clear conscience.
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.
 Memory [is] like a purse,--if it be over-full that it cannot 
shut, all will drop out of it. Take read more 
 Memory [is] like a purse,--if it be over-full that it cannot 
shut, all will drop out of it. Take heed of a gluttonous 
curiosity to feed on many things, lest the greediness of the 
appetite of thy memory spoil the digestion thereof. 
Memory is like an orgasm. It's a lot better if you don't have to fake it.
Memory is like an orgasm. It's a lot better if you don't have to fake it.
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?
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.
Every man's memory is his private literature.
Every man's memory is his private literature.