A Quote by Adrian Forty
Memory only becomes interesting through its struggle with forgetfulness.
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The man who forgets does not forgive, he only loses the remembrance; forgiveness is the offspring of a noble heart, of a generous mind, whilst forgetfulness is only the result of a weak memory, or of an easy carelessness.
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Wisdom is founded on memory; happiness on forgetfulness.
Memory is the miser of the mind; forgetfulness the spendthrift.
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The invention of writing will produce forgetfulness in the minds of those who learn to use it, because they will not practice their memory. Their trust in writing, produced by external characters which are no part of themselves, will discourage the use of their own memory within them. You have invented an elixir not of memory, but of reminding; and you offer your pupils the appearance of wisdom, not true wisdom.
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Let the past be content with itself, for man needs forgetfulness as well as memory
Let the past be content with itself, for man needs forgetfulness as well as memory.
