Go forward with joyful confidence.
George EliotRead
Memory, when duly impregnated with ascertained facts, is sometimes surprisingly fertile.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Memory can be incredibly powerful when it is filled with verified knowledge.
This quote emphasizes the idea that a well-informed memory can lead to a wealth of insights and ideas. When our memory is enriched with factual information, it can generate new thoughts and creativity, suggesting that knowledge is the foundation of imaginative thinking.
Themes
MemoryKnowledgeInsightCreativityWisdom
In practice
Example use cases
In a lecture on education, this quote can illustrate the importance of reinforcing learning through memory.
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She thought it was part of the hardship of her life that there was laid upon her the burthen of larger wants than others seemed to feel β that she had to endure this wide hopeless yearning for that something, whatever it was, that was greatest and best on this earth.
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I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music. It seems to infuse strength into my limbs and ideas into my brain. Life seems to go on without effort, when I am filled with music.
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Our dead are never dead to us until we have forgotten them: they can be injured by us, they can be wounded; they know all our penitence, all our aching sense that their place is empty, all the kisses we bestow on the smallest relic of their presence.
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