No good ever becomes of a man who forgets an old friend

“no good ever comes of a man who forgets an old friend”

— Mikhail Lermontov

“The meanest man in the world,” he remarked, “is the man who forgets the old friends that helped him on an early day and…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

A woman is perturbed by what a man forgets---a man by what a woman remembers.

— Arch Ward

“A man never forgets his mistakes.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“A man who forgets his past and allows the flame of the things he loves to be extinguished has no future.”

— T.J. Fisher

When a man forgets himself, he usually does something everybody else remembers.

— James Coco

No word matters. But man forgets reality and remembers words.

— Roger Zelazny

I do reread, kind of obsessively, partly for the surprise of how the same book reads at a different point in life, and partly…

— Elizabeth Strout

In no other pursuit is the best or the worst in a man brought out as in mountaineering. An old friend of civilization may…

— Frank Smythe

I know somewhat about Kate [Moss who featured in the Vogue spread]. I always thought that Kate's look had come from my old friend…

— Nan Goldin

Change to me is like an old friend. It's not my enemy anymore. And I know it will keep coming back to visit again…

— Phyllis George

Heather Badcock meant no harm. She never did mean harm, but there is no doubt that people like Heather Badcock (and like my old…

— Agatha Christie

Few things in life are more embarrassing than the necessity of having to inform an old friend that you have just got engaged to…

— W. C. Fields

After the last shovel of dirt was patted in place, I sat down and let my mind drift back through the years. I thought…

— Wilson Rawls

Old wine, and an old friend, are good provisions.

— George Herbert