Quote by Samuel Johnson
The two offices of memory are collection and distribution. - Samue

The two offices of memory are collection and distribution. – Samuel Johnson

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Cruel with guilt, and daring with despair, the midnight murderer bursts the faithless bar; invades the sacred hour of silent rest and leaves, unseen, a dagger in your breast. – Samuel Johnson

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Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it. – Michel de Montaigne

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…and torture myself with happy thoughts… – Terri Guillemets

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Living in memories is an empty gesture. – Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh

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When you are right no one remembers; when you are wrong no one forgets. – Proverb

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