“The best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with new.”
Cato the Elder (-234–-149 BC) politician, writer and economist (0234-0149)
Apothegms (no. 247)
“Cato said the best way to keep good acts in memory was to refresh them with new.”
No. 247
Apophthegms (1624)
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“"Although," said he [Cato], "all the world has fallen under one man's sway, although Caesar's legions guard the land, his fleets the sea, and Caesar's troops beset the city gates, yet Cato has a way of escape; with one single hand he will open a wide path to freedom. This sword, unstained and blameless even in civil war, shall at last do good and noble service: the freedom which it could not give to his country it shall give to Cato!”
"Licet," inquit, "omnia in unius dicionem concesserint, custodiantur legionibus terrae, classibus maria, Caesarianus portas miles obsideat; Cato qua exeat habet; una manu latam libertati viam faciet. Ferrum istud, etiam civili bello purum et innoxium, bonas tandem ac nobiles edet operas: libertatem, quam patriae non potuit, Catoni dabit.
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De Providentia (On Providence), 2.10; translation by John W. Basore
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“It takes a good memory to keep up a lie.”
Il faut bonne mémoire après qu'on a menti.
Cliton, act IV, scene v
Le Menteur (The Liar) (1643)
“The best Qualification of a Prophet is to have a good Memory.”
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Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Reflections (1750), Miscellaneous Thoughts and Reflections
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Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
Variant: The best way to make children good is to make them happy.
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“One must have a good memory to keep the promises one has made.”
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Source: Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood
“One must have a good memory to be able to keep the promises one makes.”
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I.59
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