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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. Charles Caleb Colton
memories mind firsts
Of all the faculties of the mind, memory is the first that flourishes, and the first that dies. Charles Caleb Colton
memories book reader
Many books owe their success to the good memories of their authors and the bad memories of their readers. Charles Caleb Colton
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. Charles Caleb Colton
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. Charles Dickens
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. Charles Stross
fence
We've already started to put up the fence around the site. Bruce Brownlee
fence knock
We need to be a little better than we are. But I didn't knock the fence down. Tony Stewart
fence tradition vows wisdom
The tradition is a fence around the law; tithes are a fence around riches; vows are a fence around abstinence; a fence around wisdom is silence. Akiva ben Joseph
fences issues land mend people resolve work
We still have the land issues to resolve and a lot of work to do. I think one of the things we need to do is to mend fences with people about the boundaries. Mark Metzger
fence persons bounds
If a person can build a fence around himself, he is bound to do it. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
fence playing retirement
I was right on the fence (between playing and retirement). Roman Phifer
fence forming governor hard initial month people reaction seen waiting
One month ago, people were on the fence. A month later, people are off the fence and forming hard opinions. A month ago, people were waiting to see what the governor would do. Now they've seen some of it and their initial reaction is negative. Peter Woolley
fence-post nerves envelopes
Historically, Hollywood comedy has arrived in skinny envelopes. From fence post Buster Keaton to herky-jerky Jerry Lewis to wiry nerve-bundle Woody Allen to hung-loose Richard Pryor to whippy contortionist Jim Carrey, its comics and clowns have tended to be sliced thin and bendable. James Wolcott
fence finish fourth grand last nobody remember second
Nobody will remember who was second after the fourth fence in last week's Grand National. It's where you finish that matters. Noel Forgeard