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Oh Thou, who Man of baser Earth didst make,
And ev'n with Paradise devise the snake;
For read more
Oh Thou, who Man of baser Earth didst make,
And ev'n with Paradise devise the snake;
For all the Sin wherewith the Face of Man
Is blackened--Man's forgiveness give and take!
If it will feed nothing else, it will feed my revenge.
If it will feed nothing else, it will feed my revenge.
The fairest action of our human life
Is scorning to revenge an injury;
For who forgives without read more
The fairest action of our human life
Is scorning to revenge an injury;
For who forgives without a further strife,
His adversary's heart to him doth tie:
And 'tis a firmer conquest, truly said,
To win the heart than overthrow the head.
Revenge is the naked idol of the worship of a semi-barbarous age.
Revenge is the naked idol of the worship of a semi-barbarous age.
It makes you feel very virtuous when you forgive people, doesn't it?
It makes you feel very virtuous when you forgive people, doesn't it?
Good-nature and good-sense must ever join;
To err is human, to forgive, divine.
Good-nature and good-sense must ever join;
To err is human, to forgive, divine.
Only the brave know how to forgive; it is the most refined and generous pitch of virtue human nature can read more
Only the brave know how to forgive; it is the most refined and generous pitch of virtue human nature can arrive at.
The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing. -George Bernard Shaw.
The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing. -George Bernard Shaw.
He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; read more
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.
