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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.
terrible formidable sensations
In death itself there can be nothing terrible, for the act of death annihilates sensation; but there are many roads to death, and some of them justly formidable, even to the bravest.
terrible companion acknowledge
Death is a companion for all of us, whether we acknowledge it or not, whether we're aware of it or not, and it's not necessarily a terrible thing. Alan Ball
terrible touched trusted
It touched me to be trusted with something terrible. Elizabeth Kostova
terrible
I have a terrible sense of direction. Elizabeth McGovern
terrible
Unique, ... That wasn't that terrible of a team, I guess. Bobby Valentine
terrible being-true
Some things are too terrible to be true. Bob Dylan
terrible blogs deserve
I'm terrible at posting regularly; I don't deserve the blog success! Ashley Madekwe
terrible bores
Better to go than sit around being a terrible old bore. Auberon Waugh
terrible war
It's kind of a terrible irony, in a way, that the solution to America's problems was World War II. William O'Neill