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• As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

  John F. Kennedy

  Inspirational, Thank You, Thanksgiving

  Kennedy, John F. (1964). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1963”, p.836, Best Books on

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• You forget that the kingdom of heaven suffers violence: and the kingdom of heaven is like a woman.

  James Joyce

  Heaven, Suffering, Kingdoms

  James Joyce (2016). “James Joyce The Dover Reader”, p.473, Courier Dover Publications

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• If the other person injures you, you may forget the injury; but if you injure him you will always remember.

  Khalil Gibran

  Inspirational, Wisdom, May

  Khalil Gibran “The New Frontier and Sand and Foam”, Library of Alexandria

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• Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it.

  Jacques Prevert

  Positive, Happiness, Happy

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• Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

  W. H. Auden

  Book, Beer, Quality

  The Dyer's Hand, and Other Essays pt. 1 (1962)

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• First of all, ladies and gentlemen, you must forget that you are singers.

  Claude Debussy

  Gentleman, Singers, Firsts

  Claude Debussy's instructions to the singers in his opera "Pelléas et Mélisande", as quoted in Henry William Simon "100 Great Operas and Their Stories" (p. 371), 1989.

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  He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.

  Aeschylus

  Inspirational, Sympathy, God

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The remedy for wrongs is to forget them.

  Publilius Syrus

  Past, Forget The Past, Remedy

  "Maxims". No. 383,

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• If you have donated, these children may never know your name, but they will never forget your kindness.

  Roma Downey

  Children, Kindness, Names

  FaceBook post by Roma Downey from Feb 19, 2013

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• I do not bring forgiveness with me, nor forgetfulness. The only ones who can forgive are dead; the living have no right to forget.

  Chaim Herzog

  Forgiveness, Forgiving, Forget The Past

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• The best way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget it once.

  Herbert V. Prochnow

  Love, Funny, Relationship

  Herbert V. Prochnow (1994). “1000 Stories and Illustrations for All Occasions”, Baker Publishing Group

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• I know why families were created with all their imperfections. They humanize you. They are made to make you forget yourself occasionally, so that the beautiful balance of life is not destroyed.

  Anais Nin

  Life, Family, Beautiful

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Inspirational, Learning, Stubborn

  Henry David Thoreau (1999). “Uncommon Learning: Thoreau on Education”, p.38, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• It is extraordinary that when you are acquainted with a whole family you can forget about them.

  Gertrude Stein

  Family, Forget The Past, Acquaintance

  Gertrude Stein, Ulla E. Dydo (1993). “A Stein Reader”, p.590, Northwestern University Press

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• Always forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

  Robert Kennedy

  Forgiveness, Clever, Names

  Quoted in Nancy McPhee, The Second Book of Insults (1981)

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• In my afternoon walk I would fain forget all my morning occupations and my obligations to society.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Good Morning, Society, Afternoon

  Henry David Thoreau (2015). “Walking: Top Essays”, p.2, 谷月社

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• Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you. Love me and I may be forced to love you.

  William Arthur Ward

  Love, Relationship, Leadership

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• I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Forgiveness, Spiritual, Two

  Henry Ward Beecher, Edna Dean Proctor (1860). “Life Thoughts: Gathered from the Extemporaneous Discourses of Henry Ward Beecher”, p.108

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• There are three things I always forget. Names, faces and... the third I can't remember.

  Italo Svevo

  Inspirational, Names, Three

  Italo Svevo (1969). “Essays on Italo Svevo”

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• Soon we'll be out amid the cold world's strife. Soon we'll be sliding down the razor blade of life. But as we go our sordid sep'rate ways, We shall ne'er forget thee, thou golden college days. Hearts full of youth, Hearts full of truth, Six parts gin to one part vermouth.

  Tom Lehrer

  Heart, Past, College

  "Song: "Bright College Days" ("An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer")". March 20-21, 1959.

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• It is lovely, when I forget all birthdays, including my own, to find that somebody remembers me.

  Ellen Glasgow

  Birthday, Lovely, Forget The Past

  Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow (1958). “Letters of Ellen Glasgow”

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• It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.

  J. K. Rowling

  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

  Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone ch. 12 (1997)

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• We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.

  Friedrich Koenig

  Love, Life, Happiness

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• The more a man can forget, the greater the number of metamorphoses which his life can undergo; the more he can remember, the more divine his life becomes.

  Soren Kierkegaard

  Life Lesson, Men, Numbers

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• Men for the sake of getting a living forget to live.

  Margaret Fuller

  Funny, Life, Meaningful

  Margaret Fuller (2012). “At Home And Abroad Or, Things And Thoughts In America and Europe”, p.159, tredition

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