"I sit beside my lonely fire And pray for wisdom yet: For calmness to remember Or courage to forget."
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Remember or Forget, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
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Charles Hamilton Aide
Charles Hamilton Aide (sometimes written as Aidé or Aïdé; born in Paris, France, 1826 – died in London, England, December 13, 1906) was a novelist, playwright, songwriter, dramatist, and society person active in England and France.
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