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    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?

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Unless we remember we cannot understand.

Unless we remember we cannot understand.

by Edward M. Forster Found in: Memory Quotes,
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The best memory is that which forgets nothing, but injuries. Write kindness in marble and write injuries in the dust.

The best memory is that which forgets nothing, but injuries. Write kindness in marble and write injuries in the dust.

by Persian Proverb Found in: Memory Quotes,
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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.

by Nietzsche Found in: Memory Quotes,
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Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see,
My heart untravelled, fondly turns to thee;
Still to my read more

Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see,
My heart untravelled, fondly turns to thee;
Still to my brother turns, with ceaseless pain,
And drags at each remove a lengthening chain.

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What we learn with pleasure we never forget.

What we learn with pleasure we never forget.

by Alfred Mercier 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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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.

by James Matthew Barrie Found in: Memory Quotes,
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Tell me the tales that to me were so dear,
Long, long ago, long, long ago.

Tell me the tales that to me were so dear,
Long, long ago, long, long ago.

by Thomas Haynes Bayly Found in: Memory Quotes,
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Memory is the mother of all wisdom.

Memory is the mother of all wisdom.

by Aeschylus Found in: Memory Quotes,
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