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Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet read more
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?
Forget those things that aren't worth remembering.
Forget those things that aren't worth remembering.
The memory represents to us not what we choose but what it pleases.
The memory represents to us not what we choose but what it pleases.
To live in hearts we leave behind,
Is not to die.
To live in hearts we leave behind,
Is not to die.
Unless we remember we cannot understand.
Unless we remember we cannot understand.
If you have to keep reminding yourself of a thing, perhaps it isn't so.
If you have to keep reminding yourself of a thing, perhaps it isn't so.
A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing else is he poor.
A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing else is he poor.
Take only memories, leave nothing but footprints.
Take only memories, leave nothing but footprints.
Far from our eyes th' Enchanting Objects set,
Advantage by the friendly Distance get.
Far from our eyes th' Enchanting Objects set,
Advantage by the friendly Distance get.
