Fortunately, I have forgotten most of the things that have happened to me. Fortunately, the mind has a limited capacity for remembering. It would be horrible if I remembered the details of a hundred and eighty thousand years–the details of four thousand lifetimes that I have lived since the first great atomic war. Fredric Brown
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This is a well-known quotation from the great 20th century poet, Samuel Taylor Coleridge. In the quote, he says that it would be horrible if he remembered all of the details of his past lives. If he could remember too much of his past lives, he would not be able to focus on the present one and would be unable to enjoy it.

Source: Letter To A Phoenix

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