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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.
Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.
Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.
Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.
Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.
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.]
The Past: Our cradle, not our prison; there is danger as well as appeal in its glamour. The past is read more
The Past: Our cradle, not our prison; there is danger as well as appeal in its glamour. The past is for inspiration, not imitation, for continuation, not repetition. -Israel Zangwill.
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.
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.
It is right for him who asks forgiveness for his offenses to
grant it to others.
[Lat., Aequum read more
It is right for him who asks forgiveness for his offenses to
grant it to others.
[Lat., Aequum est
Peccatis veniam poscentem reddere rursus.]
Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself. -Ausonius.
Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself. -Ausonius.
