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The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.
The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.
To be able to bear provocation is an argument of great reason, and to forgive it of a great mind.
To be able to bear provocation is an argument of great reason, and to forgive it of a great mind.
A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the full value of time and will not suffer read more
A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the full value of time and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
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.]
Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.
Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.
A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man.
A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man.
The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he read more
The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult; the day he forgives himself, he becomes wise. -Alden Nowlan.
I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.
I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.
Forgiveness is like faith. You have to keep reviving it.
Forgiveness is like faith. You have to keep reviving it.