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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.]
Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself.
Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself.
It makes you feel very virtuous when you forgive people, doesn't it?
It makes you feel very virtuous when you forgive people, doesn't it?
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.
Without forgiveness, there's no future.
Without forgiveness, there's no future.
Revenge is a confession of pain
Revenge is a confession of pain
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.
Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.
Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.
Vengeance to God alone belongs;
But, when I think of all my wrongs
My blood is liquid read more
Vengeance to God alone belongs;
But, when I think of all my wrongs
My blood is liquid flame!
