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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.
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 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.
Always forgive your enemies--nothing annoys them so much.
Always forgive your enemies--nothing annoys them so much.
He who forgives readily only invites offense.
[Fr., Qui pardonne aisement invite a l'offenser.]
He who forgives readily only invites offense.
[Fr., Qui pardonne aisement invite a l'offenser.]
Never give up on anybody.
Never give up on anybody.
One forgives to the degree that one loves.
One forgives to the degree that one loves.
Forgive thyself little, and others much.
Forgive thyself little, and others much.
We read that we ought to forgive our enemies; but we do not read
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We read that we ought to forgive our enemies; but we do not read
that we ought to forgive our friends.
