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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.]
To err is human; to forgive, divine.
To err is human; to forgive, divine.
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.
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.
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!
Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another.
Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another.
It is easier to forgive an enemy than a friend.
It is easier to forgive an enemy than a friend.
If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn.
If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn.
The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing. -George Bernard Shaw.
The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing. -George Bernard Shaw.
