“Nothing fixes a thing so intently in the memory as the wish to forget it”
“Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.”
“Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.”—Michel de Montaigne, February 28,1533–September 13, 1592”
“HOLLOW-TOOTH SYNDROME: Compulsion to torture oneself mentally, based on the fact that nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it. ”
“Writers, like elephants, have long, vicious memories. There are things I wish I could forget.”
“Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something which you have blundered.”