Forgetfulness Quotes

148 Forgetfulness quotes by 128 unique authors

Forgetfulness transforms every occurrence into a non-occurrence. — Plutarch
There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries. — Sophocles
There is a noble forgetfulness-that which does not remember injuries. — Charles Simmons
With all the lines I have to learn for TV scripts, I don't think I have any problems with forgetfulness - that's brain exercise enough… — Kevin Whately
Forgetfulness of self is remembrance of God. — Bayazid Bastami
Our official histories of our countries and societies are made of forgetfulness, — Mia Couto
To live, to have so much ambition, to suffer, to cry, to fight and, at the end, forgetfulness ... as if I had never existed. — Marie Bashkirtseff
Kindness isn't sacrifice so much as it is being considerate for the feelings of others, sharing happiness, the unselfish thought, the spontaneous and friendly act,… — Carl Holmes
And when he is out of sight, quickly also he is out of mind. — Thomas a Kempis
Do good when you remember, and what you forget will be revealed to you; and do not surrender your mind to blind forgetfulness. — Syncletica of Alexandria
It is sometimes expedient to forget what you know. — Publilius Syrus
There is no remembrance which time does not obliterate, nor pain which death does not terminate. — Miguel de Cervantes
Wine maketh the band quivering, the eye watery, the night unquiet, lewd dreams, a stinking breath in the morning, and an utter forgetfulness of all… — Pliny the Elder
To the sick man the physician when he enters seems to have three faces, those of a man, a devil, a god. When the physician… — John Owen
Who is the Forgotten Man? He is the clean, quiet, virtuous, domestic citizen, who pays his debts and his taxes and is never heard of… — William Graham Sumner
America is a land of opportunity and don't ever forget it. — Will Rogers
You'll never get mixed up if you simply tell the truth. Then you don't have to remember what you have said, and you never forget… — Sam Rayburn
I much condole with you on your late loss... pains and diseases of the mind are only cured by Forgetfulness;--Reason but skins the wound, which… — Erasmus Darwin
Love receives its death-wound from aversion, and forgetfulness buries it. — Jean de la Bruyere
There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy… — Jack London
We bury love; Forgetfulness grows over it like grass: That is a thing to weep for, not the dead. — Alexander Smith
To forget oneself is to be happy. — Robert Louis Stevenson
There are two barriers that often prevent communication between the young and their elders. The first is middle-aged forgetfulness of the fact that they themselves… — Jessamyn West
Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting. Not in entire forgetfulness, and not in utter nakedness, but trailing clouds of glory do we… — William Wordsworth
We do not always remember the things that do no credit to us. We justify them, cover them in bright lies or with the thick… — Neil Gaiman

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