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The palest ink is better than the best memory.
The palest ink is better than the best memory.
Don't remember what you can infer.
Don't remember what you can infer.
I've never tried to block out the memories of the past, even though some are painful. I don't understand people read more
I've never tried to block out the memories of the past, even though some are painful. I don't understand people who hide from their past. Everything you live through helps to make you the person you are now.
What we learn with pleasure we never forget.
What we learn with pleasure we never forget.
Memory is the mother of all wisdom.
Memory is the mother of all wisdom.
Every man's memory is his private literature.
Every man's memory is his private literature.
The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.
[Lat., Vita enim mortuorum in memoria read more
The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.
[Lat., Vita enim mortuorum in memoria vivorum est posita.]
A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.
A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.
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.
