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Ausonius (top)
Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself.
- Ausonius


Henry Ward Beecher (top)
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.
- Henry Ward Beecher


Josh Billings (top)
There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.
- Josh Billings


Lawana Blackwell (top)
Forgiveness is almost a selfish act because of its immense benefits to the one who forgives.
- Lawana Blackwell
The hatred you're carrying is a live coal in your heart - far more damaging to yourself than to them.
- Lawana Blackwell


William Blake (top)
It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.
- William Blake


Edwin Hubbel Chapin (top)
Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it forgoes revenge, and dares forgive an injury.
- Edwin Hubbel Chapin


Norman Cousins (top)
Life is an adventure in forgiveness.
- Norman Cousins


Marlene Dietrich (top)
Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.
- Marlene Dietrich


Mahatma Gandhi (top)
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
- Mahatma Gandhi


Edgar Watson Howe (top)
You can make up a quarrel, but it will always show where it was patched.
- Edgar Watson Howe


Frank Mckinney Hubbard (top)
Nobody forgets where he buried the hatchet.
- Frank Mckinney Hubbard


Franklin P. Jones (top)
One thing you will probably remember well is any time you forgive and forget.
- Franklin P. Jones


William Somerset Maugham (top)
A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her...but she can never forgive him for the sacrifices he makes on her account.
- William Somerset Maugham


Mignon McLaughlin (top)
What we forgive too freely doesn't stay forgiven.
- Mignon McLaughlin


Olin Miller (top)
It's far easier to forgive an enemy after you've got even with him.
- Olin Miller


Antonio Porchia (top)
Yes, this is what good is: to forgive evil. There is no other good.
- Antonio Porchia


William Shakespeare (top)
Pray you now, forget and forgive.
- William Shakespeare


Thomas Szasz (top)
The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.
- Thomas Szasz


Mark Twain (top)
Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.
- Mark Twain


William Arthur Ward (top)
Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.
- William Arthur Ward


Oscar Wilde (top)
Always forgive your enemies - Nothing annoys them so much.
- Oscar Wilde