#forgive

Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim and on his behalf demand atonement or grant forgiveness; it is the one crime in which society has a direct interest. ↗

— W. H. Auden

#behalf #crime #demand #direct #forgiveness

Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure. ↗

— Jane Austen

#always #because #cure #forgiven #hope

When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#friends #great #his #laughs #loses

And God knows I needed to be forgiven. So I had to forgive everybody. And then God - as I read in the word, you're supposed to pray for your enemies. Try that one on. ↗

— Jim Bakker

#forgive #forgiven #god #had #i

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#always #bottom #deep #find #forgiveness

I am much chastened and profoundly remorseful. I can only hope that the Almighty and those whom I have wronged will forgive me my trespasses. ↗

— Jack Abramoff

#am #forgive #forgive me #give me #hope

Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten. ↗

— Aesop

#forgotten #injuries #may

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom. ↗

— Hannah Arendt

#action #freedom #key

Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again. ↗

— Saint Augustine

#again #been #being #found #lost

One of the most lasting pleasures you can experience is the feeling that comes over you when you genuinely forgive an enemy - whether he knows it or not. ↗

— Orlando A. Battista

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