Quote#Remembrance
Memory and forgetfulness are as life and death to one another. To…
Quote bySamuel Butler · 1835–1902
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Part IV: Memory and Design, Antithesis.
English (original)
Memory and forgetfulness are as life and death to one another. To live is to remember and to remember is to live. To die is to forget and to forget is to die.
— Samuel Butler
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