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Forgiveness |
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 | A woman will sometimes forgive the man who tries to seduce her, but never the man who misses an opportunity when offered. — Talleyrand, 1754-1838, French statesman & diplomat 60 likes |
 | Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much. — Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900, Irish writer 19 likes |
 | Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names. — John Kennedy, 1917-1963, American President [1961-1963] 12 likes |
 | Forgive me... for my love –for ruining you with my love. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 1821-1881, Russian writer 7 likes |
 | Forgive me now – tomorrow I may no longer feel guilty. — Ashleigh Brilliant, 1933-, British cartoonist & epigrammatist 7 likes |
 | To understand is to forgive. — Blaise Pascal, 1623-1662, French thinker 6 likes |
 | One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody everything everynight before you go to bed. — Bernard Baruch, 1870-1965, American businessman & statesman 6 likes |
 | You can't be a rascal for 40 years and then cop a plea the last minute. God keeps better books than that. — Wilson Mizner, 1876-1913, American playwright (on his deathbed) 5 likes |
 | Forgiveness, do you know what it is? It is indifference to what does not touch us. — Alexandre Dumas, fils, 1824-1895, French writer 5 likes |
 | The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing. — George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish writer, Nobel 1925 4 likes |
 | The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. — Mahatma Gandhi, 1869-1948, Indian leader of independence 4 likes |
 | Forgiveness is not an occasional act; it is a constant attitude. — Martin Luther King, 1929-1968, American leader in the Civil Rights Movement 4 likes |
 | Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast. — Marlen Dietrich, 1901-1992, German-American actress 4 likes |
 | Write the insults on the sand, engrave the good they do to you on marble. — Pierre Claude Boiste, 1765-1824, French lexicographer 4 likes |
 | What we forgive too freely doesn’t stay forgiven. — Mignon McLaughlin, 1913-1983, American magazine editor 3 likes |
 | Forgiving men is so much easier than forgiving women. — Margaret Atwood, 1939 -, Canadian writer 3 likes |
 | Some faults may claim forgiveness. 3 likes |
 | The folly which we might have ourselves committed is the one which we are least ready to pardon in another. — Joseph Roux, 1834-1905, French clergyman & poet 3 likes |
 | It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. — William Blake, 1757-1827, English poet & painter 3 likes |
 | Forgiveness is praised by the Christian and the Vaishnava, but for me, I ask, “What have I to forgive and whom?” — Sri Aurobindo, 1872-1950, Indian nationalist, yogi & philosopher 3 likes |
 | Forgiveness is too easy. I can forget by indifference, but not forgive. I prefer revenge. — Karl Lagerfeld, 1933-2019, German fashion designer 3 likes |
 | If I were Jesus, I would have saved Judah. — Victor Hugo, 1802-1885, French writer 2 likes |
| Youth, which is forgiven everything, forgives itself nothing: age, which forgives itself everything, is forgiven nothing. — George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish writer, Nobel 1925 2 likes |
 | We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore. — La Rochefoucauld, 1613-1680, French writer 2 likes |
 | Lord, forgive them, for they know what they do! — Karl Kraus, 1874-1936, Austrian writer 2 likes |
 | Apologize, v. To lay the foundation for a future offense. — Ambrose Bierce, 1842–1914, American writer 2 likes |
 | It is surely better to pardon too much, than to condemn too much. |
 | Apology is only egotism wrong side out. |
 | The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness. |
| When women love, they forgive everything, even our crimes; when they do not love, they cannot forgive anything, not even our virtues. |
 | Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings. |
 | We’d forgive most things if we knew the facts. |
 | And what if I don't want forgiveness? |
 | Pardon all but thyself. |
| He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass. |
 | The women today are no more forgiving us our sins; they do not even forgive us theirs. |
 | Forgotten is forgiven. |
Bible Quotes
 | Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing. — Gospel of Luke ‐ 23:34 5 likes |
Quotes in Verse
 | Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee And I'll forgive Thy great big one on me. — Robert Frost, 1874-1963, American poet 5 likes |
Ancient Greek
 | Forgiveness is better than revenge. Συγγνώμη τιμωρίας κρείσσων. — Pittacus of Mytilene, 650-570 BC, one of the 7 sages of Ancient Greece 5 likes |
Movie Quotes
 | Never apologize, mister. It's a sign of weakness. — from the film She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) 5 likes |
 | - Better think about the priest. He may not grant absolution. - They grant everyone absolution. — from the film The Conformist (1970) 3 likes |
