"To forget, or pretend to do so, to return a borrowed article, is the meanest sort of petty theft."
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"We deserve to be forgotten because we forget Him. But because Jesus died on the cross, we will never, ever be forgotten by God."
"It's easy to forget things you don't need anymore."
"Don't forget that everything you deal with is only one thing and nothing else."
"He that will forget God, will also forget his benefactors."
"You remember some bedrooms you have slept in. There are bedrooms you like to remember and others you would like to forget."
"The more intelligible a thing is, the more easily it is retained in the memory, and counterwise, the less intelligible it is, the more easily we forget it."
"Passively accepting your sadness is the same as forgetting to build your own happiness. Happiness is more than a mood. It's a long-lasting state that is more accurately called well-being."
"What people forget is that every movie that gets made keeps making money for somebody FOREVER."
"Don't forget to support your public library."
"What you really want to do in investments is figure out what's important and knowable. If it's unimportant or unknowable you forget about it."
"Forget the laws. If the laws don't make sense, if they run contrary to your conscience, you have to disobey them."
"At some point you have to forget about grudges because they only hurt."
"The heart that truly loves never forgets."
"I've a grand memory for forgetting."
"Anyone who seeks success or greatness should first forget about both and seek only the truth. The rest will follow."
"The fish trap exists because of the fish: once you have gotten the meanings, you can forget the words."
"Words exist because of meaning; once you’ve gotten the meaning, you can forget the words."
"Everyone has his vanity, and each one's vanity is his forgetting that there are others with an equal soul."
"Dare not say that man forgets sooner than woman, that his love has an earlier death. I have loved none but you."