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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.
bears pleasure fullness
Some are cursed with the fullness of satiety; and how can they bear the ills of life when its very pleasures fatigue them?
bears relation persons
The image we have of a famous person often bears no relation to them. David Tang
bears ridicule
Love can bear anything better than ridicule. Caitlin Thomas
bears country lions mountain parts tend wolves
We still tend to think of mountain lions and bears and wolves as being endangered, and in some parts of the country they are, David Baron
bears beat cracked language move time tunes
Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, while all the time we long to move the stars to pity. Gustave Flaubert
bears obligation witness
I've always sensed for myself an obligation to bear witness to my time. Athol Fugard
bears fruit seeds
Seeds must be sown everywhere. Only some will bear fruit. But there would not be the fruit from the few had the many not been sown Chaim Potok
bears savages our-society
No European who has tasted savage life can afterwards bear to live in our societies. Benjamin Franklin
bears breeding ill
He is not well bred, that cannot bear ill breeding in others
killing-someone hours miles
The thought of killing myself had slowed me down to five miles per hour. The thought of killing someone else stopped me completely. David Sedaris
killing killing-yourself
Unless you're living in your truth, you're slowly killing yourself.
killing bent persons
The person who is bent on killing you will follow you wherever you are. Ed Koch
killing scene
When I was filming the death scene [in Inglourious Basterds], and I'm killing somebody, I had to work myself up. Eli Roth
killing-others requirements promotion
No religion has mandated killing others as a requirement for its sustenance or promotion. Abdul Kalam
killing dangerous
You're killing me here! You are far more dangerous than I am! Amanda Hocking
killing
We didn't know each other before [ the Killing Reagan], but I just knew we would love each other [with Tim Matheson]. Cynthia Nixon
killing economy marxist
Killing the private property-that was the center of the Marxist economy and Marxist ideology. That was the center of the Lenin ideology. Anatoly Chubais
killing-others vampire penalties
You see,' [Armand] said, 'killing other vampires is very exciting; that is why it is forbidden under penalty of death. Anne Rice