“Remember me and smile, for it's better to forget than to remember me and cry.”

—  Dr. Seuss

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American children's writer and illustrator, co-founder of B… 1904–1991

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http://dakinburdick.wordpress.com/2012/03/14/tell-me-and-i-forget/
http://www.quora.com/History/Where-and-when-did-Benjamin-Franklin-say-Tell-me-and-I-forget-teach-me-and-I-may-remember-involve-me-and-I-learn
http://gazettextra.com/weblogs/word-badger/2013/mar/24/whose-quote-really/
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