As memory may be a paradise from which we cannot be driven, it may also be a hell from which we cannot escape.

Quote by John Lancaster Spalding

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The doubt of an earnest, thoughtful, patient and laborious mind is worthy of respect. In...

The doubt of an earnest, thoughtful, patient and laborious mind is worthy of respect. In...

We are more disturbed by a calamity which threatens us than by one which has...

We are more disturbed by a calamity which threatens us than by one which has...

As memory may be a paradise from which we cannot be driven, it may also...

As memory may be a paradise from which we cannot be driven, it may also...

There is not any memory with less satisfaction in it than the memory of some...

There is not any memory with less satisfaction in it than the memory of some...

Memory is the thing you forget with

Memory is the thing you forget with

For me, photographs take their power from memory and emotion. A picture tells its own...

For me, photographs take their power from memory and emotion. A picture tells its own...

Very little of the great cruelty shown by men can really be attributed to cruel...

Very little of the great cruelty shown by men can really be attributed to cruel...

The heart's memory eliminates the bad and magnifies the good; and thanks to this artifice...

The heart's memory eliminates the bad and magnifies the good; and thanks to this artifice...

One must have a good memory to be able to keep the promises that one...

One must have a good memory to be able to keep the promises that one...

She said I bet you dont remember me And I said only every other memory.

She said I bet you dont remember me And I said only every other memory.

Their memory's like a train: you can see it getting smaller as it pulls away...

Their memory's like a train: you can see it getting smaller as it pulls away...

Your memory is a monster; you forget - it doesn't. It simply files things away....

Your memory is a monster; you forget - it doesn't. It simply files things away....

Falsehood is invariably the child of fear in one form or another

Falsehood is invariably the child of fear in one form or another

Memory cannot exist without endurance of the things perceived, and the thing perceived cannot remain...

Memory cannot exist without endurance of the things perceived, and the thing perceived cannot remain...

We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Some take...

We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Some take...

Anyone who in discussion relies upon authority uses, not his understanding, but rather his memory.

Anyone who in discussion relies upon authority uses, not his understanding, but rather his memory.

A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory, Of calling shapes, and beckoning shadows...

A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory, Of calling shapes, and beckoning shadows...

Memory: a child walking along a seashore. You never can tell what small pebble it...

Memory: a child walking along a seashore. You never can tell what small pebble it...

A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no...

A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no...

Do not trust your memory; it is a net full of holes; the most beautiful...

Do not trust your memory; it is a net full of holes; the most beautiful...