But such self-exculpation in these circumstances suggests that throughout his highly privileged life, Mr. Waldheim has forgotten too much and learned too little.
One of its innovative features is that it is scrapping the long summer holidays – reducing them to four weeks to stop children forgetting too much of what they have learnt.
What isn't normal is forgetting too much.
For those who lack a clear sense of what they do for their readers--what they do that no one else can do as well--they may have forgotten too much.
Forget peeling: too much of the flesh would be lost.
But quick wins are often soon forgotten and too much reaction without clear purpose will be judged harshly.
Although stress can be a true positive, don't forget that too much of anything is rarely a good thing.
Similar to the tourism around Chernobyl, the promise of visiting somewhere dangerous and forgotten is too much for some.
But don't forget that sleeping too much is as bad as sleeping too little.
Afghanistan is a war and a place the West would like to forget, there's too much of a sense of futility about the very long mission there.
