Arnold Matthew 1822-1888
Absence
And we forget because we must
And not because we will.
Asch Sholem 1880-1957
Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition for our existence.
Astley Sir Jacob 1579-1652
Prayer before the battle of Edgehill
O Lord! thou knowest how busy I must be this day: if I forget thee, do not thou forget me.
Beecher Henry Ward 1813-1887
Never forget what a man says to you when he is angry.
Browning Robert 1812-1889
La Saisiaz [prologue]
Good, to forgive;
Best, to forget!
Living, we fret;
Dying, we live.
Burns George 1896-1996
I must be getting absent-minded. Whenever I complain that things aren't what they used to be, I always forget to include myself.
Carroll Lewis (Charles L. Dodgson) 1832-1898
Through the Looking-Glass
„The horror of that moment," the king went on,
„I shall never, never forget!" „You will, though,"
the Queen said, „if you don't make a memorandum of it."
Chase Alexander
Memory is the thing you forget with.
Collins John Churton 1848-1908
The world, like an accomplished hostess, pays most attention to those whom it will soonest forget.
Cossman Joseph E.
The best way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget it once.
Goodrich Rt. Rev. Philip 1929-
(opening conference on future of marriage)
If you will excuse me using this expression, the attitude today is too often one of find it, fuck it, and forget it.
Hellman Lillian 1907-1984
Toys in the Attic
People change and forget to tell each other.
Holmes Oliver Wendell 1809-1894
A man must get a thing before he can forget it.
King Henry 1592-1669
‚The Surrender"
We that did nothing study but the way
To love each other, ...
Must learn the hateful art, how to forget.
Kipling Rudyard 1865-1936
„Recissional"
The tumult and the shouting dies -
The captains and the kings depart -
Still stands Thine ancient Sacrifice,
An humble and a contrite heart.
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget - lest we forget!
McCarthy Mary 1912-1989
On the Contrary
In violence, we forget who we are.
Marx Groucho 1895-1977
I never forget a face, but in your case I'll make an exception.
Milton John 1608-1674
Paradise Lost
God is thy law, thou mine: to know no more
Is woman's happiest knowledge and her praise.
With thee conversing I forget all time.
Morris William 1834-1896
The Earthly Paradise
Forget six counties overhung with smoke,
Forget the snorting steam and piston stroke,
Forget the spreading of the hideous town;
Think rather of the pack-horse on the down,
And dream of London, small and white and clean,
The clear Thames bordered by its gardens green.
Orton Joe 1933-1967
Prick Up Your Ears
I'm from the gutter and don't you forget it, because I won't.
Pope Alexander 1688-1744
The Rape of the Lock
If to her share some female errors fall,
Look on her face, and you'll forget ´em all.
Proverbs and Sayings
French
To want to forget something is to think of it.
Raddall Thomas H.
Don't brood on what's past, but never forget it either.
Renard Jules 1864-1910
I have a remarkable memory; I forget everything. It is wonderfully convenient. It is as though the world were constantly renewing itself for me.
Rosenberg Leo
First you forget names, then you forget faces, then you forget to pull your zipper up, then you forget to pull your zipper down.
Shakespeare William 1564-1616
Henry V
Old men forget: yet all shall be forgot,
But he'll remember with advantages
What feats he did that day.
Sheridan Richard Brinsley 1751-1816
Our memories are independent of our wills. It is not so easy to forget.
Swinburne Algernon Charles 1837-1909
„Erotion"
I shall remember while the light lives yet
And in the night time I shall not forget.
Swinburne Algernon Charles 1837-1909
„Itylus"
Till life forget and death remember,
Till thou remember and I forget.
Szasz Thomas 1920-
The Second Sin „Personal Conduct"
The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naïve forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.
Thurlow Edward 1731-1806
When I forget my sovereign, may God forget me!
Whitehead Alfred North 1861-1947
A science which hesitates to forget its founders is lost.
Wolfe Thomas 1900-1938
The reason a writer writes a book is to forget a book and the reason a reader reads one is to remember it.
