One of the strangest blessings upon the son of Adam is the blessing of forgetting.

Because if the process of forgetting did not exist, man would never be able to forget any (pain, sorrow), nor would his regret ever end, nor would he find patience over any calamity, nor would his grief die, nor would his hatred and anger ever cease, nor would he be able to enjoy anything in the world, as he would remain lost in the memory of disasters at all times.

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