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Don't remember what you can infer.
Don't remember what you can infer.
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.
Out of sighte, out of mynde.
Out of sighte, out of mynde.
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.
 What peaceful hours I once enjoy'd!
 How sweet their memory still!
  But they have left an aching read more 
 What peaceful hours I once enjoy'd!
 How sweet their memory still!
  But they have left an aching void
   The world can never fill. 
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.
Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory it too good.
Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory it too good.
 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. 
A retentive memory is a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.
A retentive memory is a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.