Remember my friend, that knowledge is stronger than memory, and we should not trust the weaker
how hard it must be to live only with what one knows and what one remembers, cut off from what one hopes for!
I really rely a lot more on memory. I'm definitely not as good of a sight reader.
It seems to be a rule of wisdom never to rely on memory alone.
It seems to be a rule of wisdom never to rely on your memory alone, scarcely even in acts of pure memory, but to bring the past for judgment into the thousand-eyed present, and live ever in a new day.
People who want to appear clever rely on memory. People who want to get things done make lists.
Reasons for not keeping a notebook: 1) the ambiguity of the reader
