The selective memory isn't selective enough.

The selective memory isn't selective enough.

Remembrance wakes with all her busy train,
Swells at my breast, and turns the past to pain.

Remembrance wakes with all her busy train,
Swells at my breast, and turns the past to pain.

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.

Out of sighte, out of mynde.

Out of sighte, out of mynde.

Don't remember what you can infer.

Don't remember what you can infer.

Forget those things that aren't worth remembering.

Forget those things that aren't worth remembering.

A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory

A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory

If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my
mouth; if I prefer read more

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.

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.