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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.]
Know all and you will pardon all.
Know all and you will pardon all.
Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself. -Ausonius.
Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself. -Ausonius.
To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.
To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.
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.
Always forgive your enemies--nothing annoys them so much. -Oscar Wilde.
Always forgive your enemies--nothing annoys them so much. -Oscar Wilde.
He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass.
He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass.
It is easier to forgive an enemy than a friend.
It is easier to forgive an enemy than a friend.
The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing.
The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing.
