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Whenever fortune wishes to joke, she lifts people from what is
humble to the highest extremity of affairs.
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Whenever fortune wishes to joke, she lifts people from what is
humble to the highest extremity of affairs.
[Lat., Ex humili magna ad fastigia rerum
Extollit, quoties voluit fortuna jocari.]
A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the full value of time and will not suffer read more
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.
These evils I deserve, and more
. . . .
Justly, yet despair not of his final read more
These evils I deserve, and more
. . . .
Justly, yet despair not of his final pardon,
Whose ear is ever open, and his eye
Gracious to re-admit the suppliant.
The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he read more
The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult; the day he forgives himself, he becomes wise. -Alden Nowlan.
When you hold resentment toward another, you are bound to that person or condition by an emotional link that is read more
When you hold resentment toward another, you are bound to that person or condition by an emotional link that is stronger than steel. Forgiveness is the only way to dissolve that link and get free.
Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man.
A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man.
Any story about revenge is ultimately a story about forgiveness, redemption, or the futility of revenge.
Any story about revenge is ultimately a story about forgiveness, redemption, or the futility of revenge.
