Aphorism And What Have you

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“Memory is a crazy woman that hoards colored rags and throws away food.”

“Those who believe it is all right to tell little white lies soon grow color blind.”

The above quotes are both from Austin O’Malley.

Hard as I try I can’t understand what the first quote means. The second I have an inkling. Perhaps it wants to say that be careful telling harmless lies because if you practice it often enough sooner or later it will make you a bonafide liar. Or something like that. But the first I have no idea. I googled it several times but no one out there can give me anything. Like me, they seem to be baffled. 

Care to try anyone?

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2 thoughts on “Aphorism And What Have you”

  1. I wonder if it means the memories that stay with us are not the everyday ones that would sustain us. For example, we remember the massive tree that falls and crushes the shed longer than the daffodils we were given the same year.

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    1. What you said there reminds me of this quote: It’s so hard to forget pain, but it’s even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.

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