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Forgetting
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“ It is a great blessing to be able to forget, but it takes a lot of wisdom to know what should be forgotten.”
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“My lord, we have quite forgot the fart.”
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“Were it not better to forget, / Than but remember and regret?”
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“The very effort to forget teaches us to remember.”
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“When people speak of Time's healing magic, they are simply being euphemistic about our human tendency — and perhaps necessity — to forget.”
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“A good forgettery is a happier possession than a good memory.”
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“Why is it that we are born remembering, and live forgetting?”
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“One of life's minor satisfactions is forgetting.”
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“Just remember enough never to be vulnerable again: total forgetting could be as self-destructive as complete remembering.”
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“But thou mayst grant this humble prayer, / Forget me not! forget me not!”
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“I made a list of things I have / to remember and a list / of things I want to forget, / but I see they are the same list.”
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“... life's best balm — Forgetfulness!”
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“She has lost her memory. Each sentence she speaks is in the present tense. She is letting the past slip from her hand, a fish into dark water.”
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“So many things are lost / From even memory — / Forgetting is the cost / Of living cheerfully.”