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Forgetfulness Quotes

On memory that fades, and what fills its place

These forgetfulness quotes treat memory as something fragile, easily lost without regular practice or care. One writer laments how quickly instruction fades from a heart that has stopped valuing it, a theme that connects to Better quotes.

What makes life worth living? Better surely, to yield to the stain of suicide blood in me and seek forgetfulness in the embrace of cold dark death.

Quotes by Zane Grey

I see that it is impossible to remember a long poem without practice and repetition; so is forgetfulness of the words of instruction engendered in the heart that has ceased to value them.

Quotes by Xenophon

I have never seen such extreme partisanship, such bitter partisanship, and such forgetfulness of the fate of our fathers and of the Constitution.

Quotes by Robert Byrd

With all the lines I have to learn for TV scripts, I don't think I have any problems with forgetfulness - that's brain exercise enough for me.

Quotes by Kevin Whately

Alive Quotes

At the close of the day when the hamlet is still, and mortals the sweets of forgetfulness prove, when naught but the torrent is heard on the hill, and naught but the nightingale's song in the grove.

Quotes by James Beattie

There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when one is most alive, and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one...

Jack London

I take my forgetfulness in a positive stride because I also forget the problems.

Quotes by Hina Khan

We bury love; Forgetfulness grows over it like grass: That is a thing to weep for, not the dead.

Quotes by Alexander Smith

Frequently Asked Questions

What does forgetfulness mean across these quotes?
It ranges from poetry lost without regular practice to a political warning against forgetting hard historical lessons, plus one gentle poetic image of restful forgetting.
Is one of the quotes a poem?
Yes, an older poem uses forgetfulness figuratively to describe quiet rest at the close of day, imagery meant as literary metaphor rather than anything literal.
Do any quotes address political forgetfulness?
One entry criticizes bitter partisanship for forgetting the sacrifices and lessons of earlier generations and the Constitution itself.
Why search for forgetfulness quotes?
People look for this theme to reflect on memory, loss, and the ways forgetting can be either a warning sign or a welcome relief.
What other collections pair with this one?
Explore Better quotes or Bitter quotes for related reflections on memory and hardship.

A political voice here warns against forgetting the hard lessons of earlier generations amid modern partisanship. One older poem uses forgetfulness as gentle figurative imagery for quiet rest at the close of day. Continue with Bitter quotes or Alive quotes.