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    Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?

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The painful memories of the past will shape our future; the moments we cherish last forever in a beautiful array read more

The painful memories of the past will shape our future; the moments we cherish last forever in a beautiful array of remembrance.

by Paul Acquasanta Found in: Memory Quotes,
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If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my
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If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my
mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.

by Bible Found in: Memory Quotes,
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Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.
[Lat., Memoria est thesaurus omnium rerum e custos.]

Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.
[Lat., Memoria est thesaurus omnium rerum e custos.]

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Out of sighte, out of mynde.

Out of sighte, out of mynde.

by Lady Anne Bacon Found in: Memory Quotes,
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Forget those things that aren't worth remembering.

Forget those things that aren't worth remembering.

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Memory is the mother of all wisdom.

Memory is the mother of all wisdom.

by Aeschylus Found in: Memory Quotes,
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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!

by Eliza Cook Found in: Memory Quotes,
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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.

by Elbert Hubbard Found in: Memory Quotes,
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Don't you remember, sweet Alice, Ben Bolt?
Sweet Alice, whose hair was so brown;
Who wept with read more

Don't you remember, sweet Alice, Ben Bolt?
Sweet Alice, whose hair was so brown;
Who wept with delight when you gave her a smile,
And trembl'd with fear at your frown!

by Thomas Dunn English Found in: Memory Quotes,
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