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    I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note--torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.

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He who forgives readily only invites offense.
[Fr., Qui pardonne aisement invite a l'offenser.]

He who forgives readily only invites offense.
[Fr., Qui pardonne aisement invite a l'offenser.]

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

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

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To err is human, to forgive, divine.

To err is human, to forgive, divine.

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Nothing inspires forgiveness quite like revenge.

Nothing inspires forgiveness quite like revenge.

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To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover the prisoner was YOU. -Unknown.

To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover the prisoner was YOU. -Unknown.

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A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man. See our article: Forgiveness read more

A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man. See our article: Forgiveness - A Real Stress Buster -Ed Howe.

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The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing. -George Bernard Shaw.

The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing. -George Bernard Shaw.

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I pardon him as God shall pardon me.

I pardon him as God shall pardon me.

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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.

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