#memo

I was myself brought up with my brother, whose name was Matthias, for he was my own brother, by both father and mother; and I made mighty proficiency in the improvements of my learning, and appeared to have both a great memory and understanding. ↗

— Flavius Josephus

#both #brother #brought #father #great

There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted. ↗

— James Branch Cabell

#less #memory #resisted #satisfaction #some

I would never write a memoir, because it would be too boring. ↗

— Harlan Coben

#boring #i #memoir #never #too

It takes good memory to keep up a lie. ↗

— Pierre Corneille

#good memory #keep #lie #memory #takes

It's the only way anything will change. Because we are both mother and child, cause and effect, villain and victim ↗

— Jason Najum

#culture-critique #essay #humor #inspirational #memoir

Memories are doing funny things to us. ↗

— Milos Forman

#funny #funny things #memories #things #us

Liars need to have good memories. ↗

— Algernon Sidney

#liars #memories #need

I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country. ↗

— Nathan Hale

#country #i #life #lose #only

A very long time ago, Grandmother had wanted to tell about all the things they did, but no one had bothered to ask. And now she had lost the urge. ↗

— Tove Jansson

#forgotten-memories #age

For the saddest epitaph which can be carved in memory of a vanished freedom is that it was lost because its possessors failed to stretch forth a saving hand while there was still time. ↗

— George Sutherland

#carved #epitaph #failed #forth #freedom