How strange are the tricks of memory, which, often hazy as a dream about the most important events of a man's life, religiously preserve the merest trifles.

Quote by Richard Burton

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If you're going to make rubbish, be the best rubbish in it.

If you're going to make rubbish, be the best rubbish in it.

False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces; but true friendship...

False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces; but true friendship...

This diamond has so many carats it's almost a turnip.

This diamond has so many carats it's almost a turnip.

I've done the most awful rubbish in order to have somewhere to go in the...

I've done the most awful rubbish in order to have somewhere to go in the...

The Welsh are all actors. It's only the bad ones who become professional.

The Welsh are all actors. It's only the bad ones who become professional.

A man that hoards up riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that...

A man that hoards up riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that...

I might run from her for a thousand years and she is still my baby...

I might run from her for a thousand years and she is still my baby...

They lard their lean books with the fat of others work.

They lard their lean books with the fat of others work.

Indeed he knows not how to know who knows not also how to un-know.

Indeed he knows not how to know who knows not also how to un-know.

Little islands are all large prisons: one cannot look at the sea without wishing for...

Little islands are all large prisons: one cannot look at the sea without wishing for...

An actor is something less than a man, while an actress is something more than...

An actor is something less than a man, while an actress is something more than...

There is no Heaven, there is no Hell; These are the dreams of baby minds;...

There is no Heaven, there is no Hell; These are the dreams of baby minds;...

Travelers are like poets. They are mostly an angry race.

Travelers are like poets. They are mostly an angry race.

The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything...

The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything...

You may be as vicious about me as you please. You will only do me...

You may be as vicious about me as you please. You will only do me...

If you drink it straight down, you can feel it going into each individual intestine.

If you drink it straight down, you can feel it going into each individual intestine.

When I played drunks I had to remain sober because I didn't know how to...

When I played drunks I had to remain sober because I didn't know how to...