“Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.”
Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965) French-German physician, theologian, musician and philosopher
Variant: Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.
“Yet is it more honourable, and just, and upright, and pleasing, to treasure in the memory good acts than bad.”
Bk. 5, ch. 8; p. 179.
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Charles I of England (1600–1649) monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland
Remark to Prince Rupert of the Rhine in 1646, just before surrendering to Parliament and its New Model Army. As quoted in Early Modern England: A Narrative History (2009) by Robert Bucholz and Newton Key, p. 258
Context: I confess that, speaking as a mere soldier or statesman, there is no probability of my ruin; yet, as a Christian, I must tell you that God will not suffer rebels and traitors to prosper, nor this cause be overthrown, and whatever personal punishment it shall please hi to inflict on me, must not make me repine, much less give over this quarrel... Indeed, I cannot flatter myself with the expectation of good success more than this, to end my days with honour and a good conscience.
“A good example is more irritating than a bad one.”
John McAfee (1945) American computer programmer and businessman
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“When it comes to memories, the good and the bad never balance.”
Jodi Picoult book Handle With Care
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