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'There are four things which help a man to remember well.
The first is that he should dispose those things which he wishes to remember in a certain order.
The second is that he should adhere to them with affection.
The third is that he should reduce them to unusual similitudes.
The fourth is that he should repeat them with frequent meditation.'
Giovanni de San Gimignano, Summa de exemplis ac similitudinibus rerum, Lib. VI, cap. xlii.