I was asked to memorise what I did not understand; and, my memory being so good, it refused to be insulted in that manner.
Source: The Confessions of Aleister Crowley, ch. 5 (1929; rev.1970), of geometry lessons.
-- Aleister Crowley, (Oct 12 1875-1947), English occult writer; The Great Beast was a writer of occult lure and Black Magic rites.