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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.
nations
We are a European nation - must stay one. David Miliband
nations
Happy is the nation without a history. Cesare Beccaria
nations
I'm a one-nation Tory. Boris Johnson
nations
When a nation is surrounded by weaponized nations, she has to equip herself. Abdul Kalam
nations
Politics is history in the making. Adolf Hitler
nations
There is no such thing as the United Nations. John Bolton
nations
There are at least 100 First Nations communities that are in a boil-water situation. There are at least 40 of those in Ontario. Phil Fontaine
nations
In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. Friedrich Nietzsche
nations people
Most nations, as well as people are impossible only in their youth; they become incorrigible as they grow older. Jean-Jacques Rousseau