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 Do not trust your memory; it is a net full of holes; the most 
beautiful prizes slip through it.  
 Do not trust your memory; it is a net full of holes; the most 
beautiful prizes slip through it. 
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.
Unless we remember we cannot understand.
Unless we remember we cannot understand.
 Remembrances embellish life but forgetfulness alone makes it 
possible.
 [Fr., Les souvenirs embellissent la vie, l'oubli seul la read more 
 Remembrances embellish life but forgetfulness alone makes it 
possible.
 [Fr., Les souvenirs embellissent la vie, l'oubli seul la rend 
possible.] 
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.
 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. 
What we learn with pleasure we never forget.
What we learn with pleasure we never forget.
 Oh, I have roamed o'er many lands,
 And many friends I've met;
  Not one fair scene or read more 
 Oh, I have roamed o'er many lands,
 And many friends I've met;
  Not one fair scene or kindly smile
   Can this fond heart forget. 
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.