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    Our God and soldier we alike adore,
    When at the brink of ruin, not before;
    After deliverance both alike requited,
    Our God forgotten, and our soldiers slighted.

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God and I both knew what it meant once; now God alone knows.

God and I both knew what it meant once; now God alone knows.

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One day I wrote her name upon the strand,
But came the waves and washed it away;
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One day I wrote her name upon the strand,
But came the waves and washed it away;
Agayne I wrote it with a second hand,
But came the tyde and made my paynes his prey.

by Edmund Spenser Found in: Forgetfulness Quotes,
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The wind blows out, the bubble dies;
The spring entomb'd in autumn lies;
The dew dries up; read more

The wind blows out, the bubble dies;
The spring entomb'd in autumn lies;
The dew dries up; the star is shot;
The flight is past--and man forgot.

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A man must get a thing before he can forget it.

A man must get a thing before he can forget it.

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It is sometimes expedient to forget what you know.
[Lat., Etiam oblivisci quod scis interdum expedit.]

It is sometimes expedient to forget what you know.
[Lat., Etiam oblivisci quod scis interdum expedit.]

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The tumult and the shouting dies,
The captains and the kings depart;
Still stands thine ancient sacrifice,
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The tumult and the shouting dies,
The captains and the kings depart;
Still stands thine ancient sacrifice,
A humble and a contrite heart.
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet
Lest we forget,--lest we forget.

by Rudyard Kipling Found in: Forgetfulness Quotes,
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God of our fathers, known of old,
Lord of our far-flung battle-line,
Beneath whose awful Hand we read more

God of our fathers, known of old,
Lord of our far-flung battle-line,
Beneath whose awful Hand we hold
Dominion over palm and pine--
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget--lest we forget!

by Rudyard Kipling Found in: Forgetfulness Quotes,
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All things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams.

All things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams.

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But my thoughts ran a wool-gathering; and I did like the
countryman, who looked for his ass while he read more

But my thoughts ran a wool-gathering; and I did like the
countryman, who looked for his ass while he was mounted on his
back.

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