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Forgetting Quotes by Albert J. Nock
- Learning has always been made much of, but forgetting has always been deprecated; therefore pedantry has pretty well established itself throughout the modern world at…
- Concerning culture as a process, one would say that it means learning a great many things and then forgetting them; and the forgetting is as…
- Diligent as one must be in learning, one must be as diligent in forgetting; otherwise the process is one of pedantry, not culture.
More Forgetting Quotes
- We are weighed down, every moment, by the conception and the sensation of Time. And there are but two means of escaping… — Charles Baudelaire
- Every composer knows the anguish and despair occasioned by forgetting ideas which one had no time to write down. — Hector Berlioz
- Blessed are those who give without remembering and take without forgetting. — Elizabeth Bibesco
- Let us eat and drink neither forgetting death unduly nor remembering it. The Lord hath mercy on whom he will have mercy,… — Samuel Butler
- The crime of loving is forgetting. — Maurice Chevalier
- I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money! Old people remember what interests them: the dates… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
- Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worse kind of suffering. — Paulo Coelho
- If I belittle those whom I am called to serve, talk of their weak points in contrast perhaps with what I think… — Amy Carmichael
- Humanity needs practical men, who get the most out of their work, and, without forgetting the general good, safeguard their own interests.… — Marie Curie
- Forgiving is not forgetting. Forgiving is remembering without pain. — Celia Cruz
- The best way of forgetting how you think you feel is to concentrate on what you know you know. — Mary Stewart
- Those of us who follow Jesus Christ must seriously commit to praying for our leaders, never forgetting that even our greatest heroes… — Jonathan Falwell