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They who forgive most shall be most forgiven.—PHILIP J. BAILEY, Festus
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"I can forgive, but I cannot forget," is only another way of saying, "I cannot forgive."—H. W. BEECHER, Life Thoughts
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And throughout all Eternity
I forgive you, you forgive me.—BLAKE, Broken Love
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Now may the good God pardon all good men!—ELIZABETH B. BROWNING, Aurora Leigh
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But to have power to forgive,
Is empire and prerogative;
And 'tis in crowns a nobler gem
To grant a pardon than condemn.—SAMUEL BUTLER, Hudibras
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He who forgives readily only invites offense.—CORNEILLE, Cinna
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Forgiveness to the injured doth belong,
But they ne'er pardon who have done the wrong.—DRYDEN, Conquest of Granada
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Bless the hand that gave the blow.—DRYDEN, The Spanish Friar
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God may forgive you, but I never can.—QUEEN ELIZABETH, to the Countess
of Nottingham.
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Forgiveness is better than revenge; for forgiveness is the sign of a gentle nature, but revenge the sign of a savage nature.—EPICTETUS, Discourses
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Nobuddy ever fergits where he buried a hatchet.—KIN HUBBARD
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We pardon in the degree that we love.—LA ROCHEFOUCAULD, Maxims
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A brave man thinks no one is superior who does him an injury; for he has it then in his power to make himself superior to the other by forgiving it.—POPE,
Thoughts on Various Subjects
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Only heaven
Means crowned, not conquered, when it says "Forgiven."—ADELAIDE A. PROCTOR, A Legend of Provence
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Forgive any sooner than thyself.—Proverb
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An injury forgiven is better than an injury avenged.—Proverb
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Pardon's the word to all.—SHAKESPEARE, Cymbeline
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May one be pardoned, and retain the offence?—SHAKESPEARE, Hamlet
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Pray you now, forget and forgive.—SHAKESPEARE, King Lear
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I pardon him, as God shall pardon me.—SHAKESPEARE, Richard II
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Not to relent is beastly, savage, devilish.—SHAKESPEARE, Richard III
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Only the brave know how to forgive.—STERNE, Sermons
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The sin forgiven by Christ in Heaven
By man is cursed alway.—N. P. WILLIs, Unseen Spirits
