"What you see and what you hear depends a great deal on where you are standing. It also depends on what sort of person you are."
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"A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain."
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"You never hear of a mother cursing the child; she is forgiving, always forgiving."
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"They who forgive most shall be most forgiven."
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"To understand everything is to forgive everything."
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"He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love."
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"It's one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody."
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"When anger rises, think of the consequences."
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"You can forgive a fool because he only runs in one direction and doesn't deceive anybody. It's the deceivers who make you feel bad."
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"The practice of peace and reconciliation is one of the most vital and artistic of human actions."
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"Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed."
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"One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody everything everynight before you go to bed."
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"Forgiveness is too easy. I can forget by indifference, but not forgive. I prefer revenge."
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"The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness."
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"Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee, and I'll forgive Thy great big joke on me."
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"I learned that true forgiveness includes total self-acceptance. And out of acceptance wounds are healed and happiness is possible again."
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"If a good person does you wrong, act as though you had not noticed it. If we practice and eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, soon the wholeworld will be blind and toothless."
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"Absolute virtue is impossible and the republic of forgiveness leads, with implacable logic, to the republic of the guillotine."
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"Goodness is to do good to the deserving and love the good and hate the wicked, and not to be eager to inflict punishment or take vengeance, but to be gracious and kindly and forgiving."
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"Beware of the man who does not return your blow: he neither forgives you nor allows you to forgive yourself."
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