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Letter "M" » Memory
«A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing else is he poor.»
Author: Alexander Smith
(Essayist, Poet)
| About:
Memory,
Possessions,
Poverty,
Richness
| Keywords:
rich in
«(History is) not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul»
Author: John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton
(Historian)
| About:
Memory
| Keywords:
illumination, illuminations
«As memory may be a paradise from which we cannot be driven, it may also be a hell from which we cannot escape.»
«Anyone who limits her vision to memories of yesterday is already dead»
«A lot of people mistake a short memory for a clear conscience.»
«A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no staff to spin»
«Are there memories left that are safe from the clutches of phony anniversaries?»
«A man at work, making something which he feels will exist because he is working at it and wills it, is exercising the energies of his mind and soul as well as of his body. Memory and imagination help him as he works.»
Author: William Morris
(Designer, Poet)
| About:
Body,
Imagination,
Mankind,
Memory,
Mind,
Soul,
Work
| Keywords:
As of, at work, energies, exercising, wills
«Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence he is just using his memory»
«Anyone who in discussion relies upon authority uses, not his understanding, but rather his memory.»
Author: Leonardo da Vinci
(Architect, Engineer, Painter, Sculptor)
| About:
Authority,
Memory
| Keywords:
discussion, relies, uses
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