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    The fairest action of our human life
    Is scorning to revenge an injury;
    For who forgives without a further strife,
    His adversary's heart to him doth tie:
    And 'tis a firmer conquest, truly said,
    To win the heart than overthrow the head.

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The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.

The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.

by John Green Found in: Forgiveness Quotes,
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The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive.

The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive.

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When you hold resentment toward another, you are bound to that person or condition by an emotional link that is read more

When you hold resentment toward another, you are bound to that person or condition by an emotional link that is stronger than steel. Forgiveness is the only way to dissolve that link and get free.

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What if this cursed hand
Where thicker than itself with brother's blood,
Is there not rain enough read more

What if this cursed hand
Where thicker than itself with brother's blood,
Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens
To wash it white as snow?

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Whenever fortune wishes to joke, she lifts people from what is
humble to the highest extremity of affairs.
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Whenever fortune wishes to joke, she lifts people from what is
humble to the highest extremity of affairs.
[Lat., Ex humili magna ad fastigia rerum
Extollit, quoties voluit fortuna jocari.]

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When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us read more

When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtues.

by Honore De Balzac Found in: Forgiveness Quotes,
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You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish read more

You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well.

by Lewis B. Smedes Found in: Forgiveness Quotes,
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Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself. -Ausonius.

Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself. -Ausonius.

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Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

by Indira Gandhi Found in: Forgiveness Quotes,
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