" For who will doubt that it is a far better thing to have a good mind, than ever so great a memory? For no one is bad who has a good mind; [255] but some who are very bad are possessed of an admirable memory, and are so much the worse, the less they are able to forget the bad things which they think. "

― Augustine of Hippo , The Complete Works of Saint Augustine: The Confessions, On Grace and Free Will, The City of God, On Christian Doctrine, Expositions on the Book Of Psalms, ... (50 Books With Active Table of Contents)