I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money! Old people remember what interests them: the dates fixed for their lawsuits and the names of their debtors and creditors.

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The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.

The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.

A home without books is a body without soul.

A home without books is a body without soul.

Take from a man his reputation for probity and the more shrewd and clever he is the more hated and

Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he is, the more hated and mistrusted he becomes.

Nothing stands out so conspicuously or remains so firmly fixed in the memory as something which you

Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something which you have blundered.

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