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It's far easier to forgive an enemy after you've got even with him.

by Olin Millerkeywords: after, easier, enemy, even, far, forgive, got , him

Forgiveness is the economy of the heart... forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits.

by Hannah More (born in 1745) keywords: anger, cost, economy, expense, forgiveness, hatred, heart, saves, spirits , waste

Reinhold Niebuhr

Forgiveness is the final form of love.

by Reinhold Niebuhr (born in 1892) keywords: final, forgiveness, form , love

Friedrich Nietzsche

If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn.

by Friedrich Nietzsche (born in 1970) keywords: condemn, everything , pardon

My children forgave me at a time when I could barely forgive myself.

by Tatum O'Neal (born in 1963) keywords: children , forgive

Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another.

by Jean Paul (born in 1763) keywords: another, beautiful, else, forgiveness, forgiving, humanity, never , praying

To err is human; to forgive, divine.

by Alexander Pope (born in 1688) keywords: divine, err, forgive , human

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

One forgives to the degree that one loves.

by Francois de La Rochefoucauld (born in 1970) keywords: degree, forgives , loves

It takes one person to forgive, it takes two people to be reunited.

by Lewis B. Smedeskeywords: forgive, person, reunited, takes , two

When we forgive evil we do not excuse it, we do not tolerate it, we do not smother it. We look the evil full in the face, call it what it is, let its horror shock and stun and enrage us, and only then do we forgive it.

by Lewis B. Smedeskeywords: call, evil, excuse, face, forgive, full, horror, look, only, shock, smother, then, tolerate , us

You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well.

by Lewis B. Smedeskeywords: begun, feel, forgiveness, hurt, know, power, recall, them, those, well, will , wish

Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself.

by Suzanne Somers (born in 1946) keywords: forgiveness, gift, give , yourself

Adlai E. Stevenson

For my part I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.

by Adlai E. Stevenson (born in 1970) keywords: believe, forgiveness, ignorance, part, redemption , sin

It's said in Hollywood that you should always forgive your enemies - because you never know when you'll have to work with them.

by Lana Turner (born in 1920) keywords: always, because, enemies, forgive, hollywood, know, never, said, should, them, work , your

Without forgiveness, there's no future.

by Desmond Tutu (born in 1931) keywords: forgiveness, future , without

Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.

by Mark Twain (born in 1970) keywords: crushed, forgiveness, fragrance, heel, sheds , violet

Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.

by William Arthur Ward (born in 1921) keywords: cools, forgiveness, funny, heart, sting, thing , warms

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

by Oscar Wilde (born in 1970) keywords: always, annoys, enemies, forgive, much, nothing, them , your

The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.

by Oscar Wilde (born in 1970) keywords: everything, except, forgives, genius, public, tolerant , wonderfully

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