"We live in a society of an imposed forgetfulness, a society that depends on public amnesia."
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Forgetfulness
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"There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries."
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"Give me to drink mandragora."
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"The greatest and saddest defect is not credulity, but an habitual forgetfulness that our science is ignorance."
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"Forgetfulness is not to be purchased with a wish; and I cannot bestow my esteem on all who desire it, unless they deserve it too."
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