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Good-nature and good-sense must ever join; To err is human, to forgive, divine.

The offender never forgives.

Forgiveness is the fragrance of the violet which still clings fast to the heel that crushed it.

What if this cursed hand Where thicker than itself with brother's blood, Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow?

I pardon him as God shall pardon me.

To err is human; to forget, divine.

He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass.

Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

Holding on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles,a headache and a sore jaw from clenching your teeth. Forgiveness gives you back the laughter and the lightness in your life.

I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.

Little, vicious minds abound with anger and revenge, and are incapable of feeling the pleasure of forgiving their enemies.

He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; for everyone has need to be forgiven.

Forgive thyself little, and others much.

A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the full value of time and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.

Only the brave know how to forgive; it is the most refined and generous pitch of virtue human nature can arrive at.

To be able to bear provocation is an argument of great reason, and to forgive it of a great mind.

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

It is easier to forgive an enemy than a friend.