We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we are extraordinary
to somebody too. —Helen Hayes (1900-1993)
We are weighed down, every moment, by the conception and the
sensation of Time. And there are but two means of escaping and forgetting this
nightmare: pleasure and work. Pleasure consumes us. Work strengthens us. Let us
choose. —Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867)
I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his
money! Old people remember what interests them: the dates fixed for their
lawsuits, and the names of their debtors and creditors. — Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC-43 BC)
Falling out of love is chiefly a matter of forgetting how charming
someone is.
—
Iris Murdoch (1919-1999)
Iris Murdoch (1919-1999)
Blessed are those who give without remembering. And blessed are
those who take without forgetting. — Bernard Meltzer (1916-1998)
Because in the school of the Spirit man learns wisdom through
humility, knowledge by forgetting, how to speak by silence, how to live by
dying. — Johannes Tauler (1300-1361)
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