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    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.

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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.

by Christopher Morley Found in: Memory Quotes,
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The mother may forget the child
That smiles sae sweetly on her knee;
But I'll remember thee, read more

The mother may forget the child
That smiles sae sweetly on her knee;
But I'll remember thee, Glencairn,
And all that thou hast done for me!

by Robert Burns Found in: Memory Quotes,
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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.

by Marcel Proust Found in: Memory Quotes,
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A great many complimentary things have been said about the
faculty of memory, and if you look in a read more

A great many complimentary things have been said about the
faculty of memory, and if you look in a good quotation book you
will find them neatly arranged.

by Robertson Davies Found in: Memory Quotes,
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It's a pleasure to share one's memories. Everything remembered is dear, endearing, touching, precious. At least the past is safe read more

It's a pleasure to share one's memories. Everything remembered is dear, endearing, touching, precious. At least the past is safe --though we didn't know it at the time. We know it now. Because it's in the past; because we have survived.

by Susan Sontag Found in: Memory Quotes,
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A memory is what is left when something happens and does not completely unhappen.

A memory is what is left when something happens and does not completely unhappen.

by Edward De Bono Found in: Memory Quotes,
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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.

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The heart that truly loves never forgets.

The heart that truly loves never forgets.

by Proverb Found in: Memory Quotes,
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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.

by Cray Seymore Found in: Memory Quotes,
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