Forgetfulness quotes

Forgetfulness

28 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.

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Angela Davis Political Activist, Scholar

"We live in a society of an imposed forgetfulness, a society that depends on public amnesia."

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C. S. Lewis Writer, Scholar

"Humility is self-forgetfulness."

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Robert Louis Stevenson Author, Poet

"To forget oneself is to be happy."

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Dietrich Bonhoeffer Theologian

"The devil doesn't fill us with hatred for God, but with forgetfulness of God."

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Plutarch Philosopher, Historian

"Forgetfulness transforms every occurrence into a non-occurrence."

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Sophocles Playwright, Philosopher

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"There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries."

Pleasure Misery Forgetfulness

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William Shakespeare Playwright, Poet

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"Give me to drink mandragora."

Giving Drink Forgetfulness

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Henry David Thoreau Writer, Philosopher

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"The greatest and saddest defect is not credulity, but an habitual forgetfulness that our science is ignorance."

Ignorance Defects Forgetfulness

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Anne Bronte Author

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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."

Wish Desire Forgetfulness

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