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And we forget because we must And not because we will.
L'amoureux qui n'oublie pas quelquefois meurt par exce' s, fatigue et tension de me moire (tel Werther). The lover who does not forget sometimes dies from excess, fatigue, and the strain of memory (like Werther).
I am like that. I either forget right away or I never forget.
To remember is far worse than to forget.
Can a woman forget her suckling child, that she should not have compassion on theson of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.
Good, to forgive; Best, to forget! Living, we fret; Dying, we live.
Skill comes so slow, and life so fast doth fly, We learn so little and forget so much.
Let usnotforgetthat we cannevergofarther thanwe can persuade at least half the people to go.
You were never no locomotive, Sunflower, you were a sunflower! And you Locomotive, you are a locomotive, forget me not!
In the depths of every heart, there is a tomb and a dungeon, though the lights, the music, and revelry above may cause us to forget their existence, and the buried ones, or prisoners whom they hide.
Well, people change and forget to tell each other. Too badcauses so many mistakes.
Ihadthepaperbut Ididnot read it becauseIdidnot want to read about the war. I was going to forget the war. I had made a separate peace.
All the wrong people remember Vietnam. I think all the people who remember it should forget it, and all the people who forgot it should remember it.
I should have been glad to have humanity forget all about strayalcoholic drinksbut in the present stage of human progress, this vehicle of joy could not be generally suppressed by federal law.
The propagandist's purpose istomake oneset of people forget that certain other sets of people are human.
Iamnot yet so lost inlexicographyastoforgetthat words arethe daughters of earth, and thatthings arethesons of heaven. Language is only the instrument of science, and words are but thesigns of ideas: Iwish, however, that the instrument might be less apt to decay, and that signs might be permanent, like the things which they denote.
Maxima debetur puero reverentia, si quid turpe paras. If you are planning any misdeed, never forget that a child has a first claim on your respect.
Fade far away, dissolve, and quite forget What thou among the leaves hast never known, The weariness, the fever, and the fret Here, where men sit and hear each other groan; Where palsy shakes a few, sad, last grey hairs, Where youth grows pale, and spectre-thin, and dies; Where but to think is to be full of sorrow And leaden-eyed despairs.
The tumult and the shouting dies The captains and the kings depart Still standsThine ancient Sacrifice, An humble and a contrite heart. Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forgetlest we forget! See Bible 95:31.
When I am dead, my dearest, Sing no sad songs for me; Plant thou no roses at my head, Nor shady cypress tree: Be the green grass above me With showers and dewdrops wet; And if thou wilt, remember, And if thou wilt, forget.
Promisetoforgetthis fellowto illiteratehim,Isay, quite from your memory.
I remember the way we parted, The dayand the way we met; You hoped we were both broken-hearted, And knew we should both forget.
Are you sure you didn't forget yourself in the park? Positive.If I ever forget myself withthat girl I'd remember it.
Forget it, Jake, it's Chinatown.
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