Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.
Georges Duhamel in THE HEART'S DOMAIN (1919). As it was composed in French, the wording in English may vary in translation. Theodore Geisel / Dr. Seuss was born in 1904, and would have been about 15 years old at the time that it was published. The full text can be found at the link below: We do not know the true value of our moments until they have undergone the test of memory. Like the images the photographer plunges into a golden bath, our sentiments take on color; and only then, after that recoil and that trans-figuration, do we understand their real meaning and enjoy them in all their tranquil splendor.
Misattributed
„A váš vlastní život, dokud ho žijete, nemá žádnou atmosféru, dokud se nestane vzpomínkou.“
„Staňte se pány svých vzpomínek a dokážete zapomenout na cokoliv!“
„Své hodnoty poznáme až tehdy, když jsme je už ztratili.“
„Nenávidím ho pro něj samotného, ale opovrhuji jím pro vzpomínky, které oživuje.“
