Bear and forbear.

Bear and forbear.

To err is human; to forgive, divine. -Alexander Pope.

To err is human; to forgive, divine. -Alexander Pope.

It's not just other people we need to forgive. We also need to forgivernourselves. For the things we didn't do. read more

It's not just other people we need to forgive. We also need to forgivernourselves. For the things we didn't do. The things we should have done. I think forgiving yourself is more important than forgiving anyone else and it's often the hardest.

I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.

I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.

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.]

Oh Thou, who Man of baser Earth didst make,
And ev'n with Paradise devise the snake;
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Oh Thou, who Man of baser Earth didst make,
And ev'n with Paradise devise the snake;
For all the Sin wherewith the Face of Man
Is blackened--Man's forgiveness give and take!

He who forgiveth, and is reconciled unto his enemy, shall receive his reward from God; for he loveth not the read more

He who forgiveth, and is reconciled unto his enemy, shall receive his reward from God; for he loveth not the unjust doers.

The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing.

The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing.

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.