#forgets

Stretching his hand up to reach the stars, too often man forgets the flowers at his feet. ↗

— Jeremy Bentham

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The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten. ↗

— Calvin Coolidge

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Growing up in an Italian family, you use a harsh tone and 10 minutes later everybody forgets about it. ↗

— Elizabeth Edwards

#everybody #family #forgets #growing #growing up

One forgets words as one forgets names. One's vocabulary needs constant fertilizing or it will die. ↗

— Evelyn Waugh

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The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple. ↗

— Rebecca West

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Man's sin is in his failure to live what he is. Being the master of the earth, man forgets that he is the servant of God. ↗

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

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A woman never forgets her sex. She would rather talk with a man than an angel, any day. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet. ↗

— Kin Hubbard

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A politician never forgets the precarious nature of elective life. We have never established a practice of tenure in public office. ↗

— Hubert H. Humphrey

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Earth teach me to forget myself as melted snow forgets its life. Earth teach me resignation as the leaves which die in the fall. Earth teach me courage as the tree which stands all alone. Earth teach me regeneration as the seed which rises in the spring. ↗

— William Alexander

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