Baltasar Gracian Quotes

Life cannot go on without much forgetting.

Memories are what you no longer want to remember.

We cannot dwell on remembered glory.

All the things that are in the past are in the past.

For someone who can’t remember very much, there seems to be a lot I can’t forget.

It would add much to human happiness, if an art could be taught of forgetting all of which the remembrance is at once useless and afflictive, that the mind might perform its functions without encumbrance, and the past might no longer encroach upon the present.

Few have wished for memory so much as they have longed for forgetfulness.

Just remember that the things you put into your head are there forever, he said. You might want to think about that. You forget some things, dont you? Yes. You forget what you want to remember and you remember what you want to forget.

You'll remember someone who broke your heart, and you'll think to yourself, 'Oh yes, I remember how that feels.' But you can't.

Maybe forgetfulness, like a kind snow, should numb and cover them. But they were a part of me. They were my landscape.

She was so busy forgetting, she couldn't take a single step into the future.

Let the past be content with itself, for man needs forgetfulness as well as memory.

The past has an undeniable grip on everyone, except, perhaps, amnesiacs.

The best years are behind me.

I tend not to look back. It's confusing.

I just don't like to talk about the past.

Never revisit the past, that's dangerous. You know, move on.

I don't like to dwell on the past.

The past is over.

The mistakes you made you tend to conveniently forget

I like people who have the capacity to forget. I think that to forget is a good thing. Forgetting is good. But sometimes I cannot. For me, I cannot.

I try to forget the past.

I'm not too interested in talking about the past. It doesn't do us any good whatsoever.

I don't like talking about bygones.

I only felt a cold wind blow while I tried to hang on to the past.