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Forgetting |
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Quotations
 | Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. — George Santayana, 1863-1952, Spanish-American philosopher 15 likes |
 | It takes a minute to have a crush on someone, an hour to like someone, and a day to love someone... but it takes a lifetime to forget someone. — Khalil Gibran, 1883-1931, Lebanese-American poet & philosopher 8 likes |
 | Women still remember the first kiss after men have forgotten the last. — Remy de Gourmont, 1858-1915, French poet 6 likes |
 | To write is to forget. Literature is the pleasantest way of ignoring life. — Fernando Pessoa, 1888-1935, Portuguese poet & writer 4 likes |
 | I'm like that. Either I forget right away or I never forget. — Samuel Beckett, 1906-1989, Irish writer, Nobel 1969 4 likes |
 | The prerequisite of originality is the art of forgetting, at the proper moment, what we know. — Arthur Koestler, 1905-1983, Hungarian-British writer 4 likes |
 | Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses. — Confucius, 551-479 BC, Chinese teacher & philosopher 3 likes |
 | I’ve forgotten more than you'll ever know. — Bob Dylan, 1941-, American singer [Nobel 2016] 3 likes |
 | The nation which forgets its defenders will itself be forgotten. — Calvin Coolidge, 1872-1933, American President [1923-1929] 3 likes |
 | We are such things as rubbish is made of, so let's drink up and forget it. — Eugene O’Neill, 1888-1953, American playwright, Nobel 1936 3 likes |
 | It isn’t a matter of forgetting. What one has to learn is how to remember and yet be free of the past. — Aldοus Huxley, 1894-1963, English writer 3 likes |
 | People will forget what you said. People will forget what you did. But people will never forget how you made them feel. — Maya Angelou, 1928-2014, American poet 3 likes |
 | All grown-ups were once children... but only few of them remember it. — Antoin de Saint-Exupéry, 1900-1940, French writer 2 likes |
 | We need to hear the Gospel every day, because we forget it every day. — Martin Luther, 1483-1546, German theologian, protagonist of Reformation 2 likes |
 | A politician cannot have a career if he does not have a good memory, because he needs to remember the promises he must forget. — Frédéric Dard, 1921-2000, French writer 2 likes |
 | Nowhere else than upon the sea do the days, weeks, and months fall away quicker into the past. They seem to be left astern as easily as the light air-bubbles in the swirls of the ship's wake. — Joseph Conrad, 1857-1924, British-Polish writer 1 likes |
 | The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten. |
 | Reading is an unbeatable drug, because more than just the mediocrity of our lives, it allows us to escape the mediocrity of our souls. |
 | I shall revenge myself in the cruelest way you can imagine. I shall forget it. |
 | Forgetting is the great secret of strong and creative lives. |
 | A person is really dead only when nobody thinks of him anymore. |
 | Only those with no memory insist on their originality. |
 | Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered. |
 | You never realize what a good memory you have until you try to forget something. |
 | Creativity is suspended between memory and forgetting. |
 | The most common illness among politicians is amnesia. |
 | Do not allow me to forget you. |
 | Never say goodbye because goodbye means going away and going away means forgetting. |
 | Oblivion, and I would even say historical error, are essential in the creation of a nation. |
 | In order to protect the physical hygiene and mental health of the living, we usually bury the dead. — José Saramago, 1922-2010, Portuguese writer [Nobel 1998] (Todos os Nomes, 1997) |
 | If you do something for someone else, never remember. If someone does something for you, never forget. |
 | Future is everything that past has forgotten. |
 | All that I’ve learned, I’ve forgotten. The little that I still know, I’ve guessed. |
 | Forgotten is forgiven. |
Quotes in Verse
 | At first I saw you everywhere. Now only in certain things, at longer intervals. — Louise Glück, 1943-2023, American poet, Nobel 2020 6 likes |
 | Deleting a piece from the past is like deleting a corresponding piece from the future. |
| What was difficult was the travel, which, on arrival, is forgotten. |
Funny Quotes
 | Right now I’m having amnesia and déjà vu at the same time. I think I’ve forgotten this before. — Steven Wright, 1955-, American comedian 6 likes |
 | First you forget names, then you forget faces. Next you forget to pull your zipper up and finally, you forget to pull it down. — George Burns, 1896-1996, American comedian 6 likes |
 | I never forget a face, but in your case, I’ll be glad to make an exception. — Groucho Marx, 1890-1977, American comedian 6 likes |
 | I always have trouble remembering three things: faces, names, and - I can't remember what the third thing is. — Fred Allen, 1894-1956, American comedian 3 likes |
 | The only torment that cannot be forgotten by indulging in drink is the urge to piss. |
Ancient Greek
 | Soon, you will forget everything, and soon everybody will forget you. Εγγύς μεν η ση περί πάντων λήθη, εγγύς δε η πάντων περί σού λήθη. — Marcus Aurelius, 121-180 AD, Roman Emperor ‐ Meditations VII, 21 22 likes |
Movie Quotes
 | If I ever forgot myself with that girl, I'd remember it. — from the film Top Hat (1935) 7 likes |
 | It’s times like this my buddy Timon here says: you got to put your behind in your past. — from the film The Lion King 7 likes |
