2009/11/19 damien clochard <damien(at)dalibo(dot)info>:
> "elephants never forget" is an English idiom. As i said, we could be
> more creative and bold. I even think we could go beyond that
> western-centred frame of references, but i'm probably wrong.
Actually it's German as well "Ein Gedaechtnis wie ein Elefant". And in
Slovene, for that matter. That makes three -admittedly European- cultures
to whom the elephant symbolises "long memory".