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John Kenneth Galbraith. Photo: Wikipedia



Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory.
- John Kenneth Galbraith


Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson


It's a rare person who wants to hear what he doesn't want to hear.
- Dick Cavett


To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.
- Franklin P. Adams


It's choice - not chance - that determines your destiny.
- Jean Nidetch


Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative.
- H. G. Wells


It is not much for its beauty that makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanates from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.
- Robert Louis Stevenson


Creditors have better memories than debtors.
- Benjamin Franklin,


One must have a good memory to be able to keep the promises one makes.
- Friedrich Nietzsche


When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not.
- Mark Twain



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