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His heart was as great as the world, but there was no room in it
to hold the memory read more
His heart was as great as the world, but there was no room in it
to hold the memory of a wrong.
The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he read more
The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult; the day he forgives himself, he becomes wise. -Alden Nowlan.
There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love.
There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love.
To love is human, it is also human to forgive.
[Lat., Humanum amare est, humanum autem ignoscere est.]
To love is human, it is also human to forgive.
[Lat., Humanum amare est, humanum autem ignoscere est.]
There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness. -Josh Billings.
There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness. -Josh Billings.
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.]
Any story about revenge is ultimately a story about forgiveness, redemption, or the futility of revenge.
Any story about revenge is ultimately a story about forgiveness, redemption, or the futility of revenge.
We read that we ought to forgive our enemies; but we do not read
that we ought to forgive read more
We read that we ought to forgive our enemies; but we do not read
that we ought to forgive our friends.
Good, to forgive;
Best to forget.
Good, to forgive;
Best to forget.