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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.
 But woe to him, who left to moan,
 Reviews the hours of brightness gone.  
 But woe to him, who left to moan,
 Reviews the hours of brightness gone. 
 To live in hearts we leave behind,
 Is not to die.  
 To live in hearts we leave behind,
 Is not to die. 
Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory. Instead, forgiving what we cannot read more
Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory. Instead, forgiving what we cannot forget creates a new way to remember. We change the memory of our past into a hope for our future.
No memory is ever alone; it's at the end of a trail of memories, a dozen trails that each have read more
No memory is ever alone; it's at the end of a trail of memories, a dozen trails that each have their own associations.
A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory
A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory
By every remove I only drag a greater length of chain.
By every remove I only drag a greater length of chain.
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.
 Oh, how cruelly sweet are the echoes that start
 When Memory plays an old tune on the heart!  
 Oh, how cruelly sweet are the echoes that start
 When Memory plays an old tune on the heart!