The main ability of a person is the ability to forget. But for the sake of justice it should be noted that he forgets even the good that he himself created. Albert Camus
Memory is a copper board covered with letters, which time imperceptibly smoothes, if at times not to renew them with a chisel. John Locke
Prophets are put up monuments of the same stones that they were thrown. Heinrich Laube
A fool, who has a great memory, is full of thoughts and facts, but he does not know how to draw conclusions, and that’s the reason behind it. Luc de Clapier Vovenargue
To keep an inheritance does not at all mean to be limited to inheritance. Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
Memory is like a house inhabited by an evil spirit, within which the echo of invisible steps constantly echoes. In the broken windows the shadows of the deceased flit through, and next to them are the sad ghosts of our former self. Jerome Klapka Jerome
We forget by necessity, and not at will. Matthew Arnold
Insults write on the sand, good deeds cut out on marble. Pierre Boeste
Monuments are put to all that is least memorable. Robert Lewis Stevenson
The memory of a person is a sheet of white paper: sometimes it will be written well, and sometimes it will be bad. Kozma Petrovich Prutkov
We only work to fill our memory, leaving our minds and consciences idle. Michel Eyckem de Montaigne
To link a man to a woman was really fascinating, they should be combined with pleasure, remembrance or desire. Nicola de Chamfort
The memory of people is the inconspicuous trace of that furrow that each of us leaves in the bosom of infinity. Joseph Ernest Renan
Memory and conscience are always divergent and will differ in whether one should forgive offenses. George Savile Halifax
The music of life would have gone awry if the strings of memory had broken. It would be good to uproot only weeds and leave flowers. Jerome Klapka Jerome
We easily forget our mistakes when they are known only to us alone. François VI de La Rochefoucauld
Memory for limited minds is capital without turnover. Author unknown
True and active memory doubles life. Honoré Gabriel Mirabeau