Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources / Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them

by Rev. James Wood

Memory is a Muse in herself; or rather the 15 mother of the Muses. (?)

Memory is like a purse: if it be over-full, that it cannot be shut, all will drop out of it. Fuller.

Memory is not so brilliant as hope, but it is more beautiful, and a thousand times more true. G. D. Prentice.

Memory is the cabinet of imagination, the treasury of reason, the registry of conscience, and the council-chamber of thought. Basile.

Memory is the conservative faculty. Sir Wm. Hamilton.

Memory is the friend of wit, but the treacherous 20 ally of invention. Colton.

Memory is the golden thread linking all the mental gifts and excellencies together. E. P. Hood.

Memory (Erinnerung) is the only paradise out of which we cannot be driven. Jean Paul.

Memory is the primary and fundamental power, without which there could be no other intellectual operation. Johnson.

Memory is the scribe of the soul. Arist.