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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.
recollection
The life of the dead consists in the recollection cherished of them by the living. Marcus Tullius Cicero
havens
...and what it all comes down to is that I haven't got it all figured out just yet. Alanis Morissette
havens ifs
If I haven't seen it, it's new to me. Charles Manson
havens known
I haven't known life to be happier. Brad Pitt
havens ifs
I act like I'm 14, if you haven't figured that out yet. David Copperfield
havens
I haven't shoplifted since I was 13. Chuck Palahniuk
havens
Everything I see is something I haven't memorized. John Cage
havens i-can
There is nothing I can say that I haven't thought before. Kurt Cobain
havens ifs
If you haven't had your life what have you had? Henry James
havens
There isn't much to say. I haven't been at all deedy. Ivy Compton-Burnett