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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.
God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.
God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.
There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.
There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.
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.]
It is easier to forgive an enemy than a friend.
It is easier to forgive an enemy than a friend.
He who forgiveth, and is reconciled unto his enemy, shall receive his reward from God; for he loveth not the read more
He who forgiveth, and is reconciled unto his enemy, shall receive his reward from God; for he loveth not the unjust doers.
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?
And the only thing to do with a sin is to confess, do penance and then, after some kind of read more
And the only thing to do with a sin is to confess, do penance and then, after some kind of decent interval, ask for forgiveness.
