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memories book writing
Memory is the friend of wit, but the treacherous ally of invention; there are many books that owe their success to two things; good memory of those who write them, and the bad memory of those who read them Charles Caleb Colton
memories appreciate literature
Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than the person.
memories mind firsts
Of all the faculties of the mind, memory is the first that flourishes, and the first that dies.
memories book reader
Many books owe their success to the good memories of their authors and the bad memories of their readers.
memories teaching should-have
All preceptors should have that kind of genius described by Tacitus, "equal to their business, but not above it;" a patient industry, with competent erudition; a mind depending more on its correctness than its originality, and on its memory rather than on its invention.
memories green lord
Lord, keep my memory green. Charles Dickens
memories husband men
I revere the memory of Mr. F. as an estimable man and most indulgent husband, only necessary to mention Asparagus and it appeared or to hint at any little delicate thing to drink and it came like magic in a pint bottle; it was not ecstasy but it was comfort.
memories dictator amnesia
Where would dictators be without our compliant amnesia? Make the collective lose its memory, you can conceal anything. Charles Stross
memories liberty might
If I forget, then it might as well never have happened. Memory is liberty.
miserable discontent
What is more miserable than discontent? William Shakespeare
miserable
We're going to McDonald's. We had a miserable day. Russ Moore
miserable poet
I knew that poets seemed to be miserable. Billy Collins
miserable made situation
There is no human situation so miserable that it cannot be made worse by the presence of a policeman. Brendan Behan
miserable homeless wit
I lived rough, by my wits, was homeless, lived on the streets, lived on friends' floors, was happy, was miserable. Ben Okri
miserable obsessed hard
A writer must be hard to live with: when not working he is miserable, and when he is working he is obsessed. Edward Abbey
miserable people start
Many people are out without shelter. It was miserable to start with but with this things are only going to get worse. Robert Holden
miserable tone
We set a miserable tone from the start.
miserable
But to appear happy when I am so miserable — Oh! who can require it? Jane Austen
money-cant-buy-happiness
Money can't buy happiness. Howard Hughes