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To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.
To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.
If we practice and eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, soon the whole world will be read more
If we practice and eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, soon the whole world will be blind and toothless.
The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing.
The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing.
Everybody deserves forgiveness and second chances, but not for the same mistake...
Everybody deserves forgiveness and second chances, but not for the same mistake...
Bear and forbear.
Bear and forbear.
I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to read more
I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note--torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one. -Henry Ward Beecher.
 Forgiveness to the injured does belong,
 But they ne'er pardon who have done the wrong.  
 Forgiveness to the injured does belong,
 But they ne'er pardon who have done the wrong. 
There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.
There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.