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There is nothing that people bear more impatiently, or forgive less, than contempt: and an injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult. ↗

— Lord Chesterfield

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The more a man knows, the more he forgives. ↗

— Catherine II

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Forgiveness is indifference. Forgiveness is impossible while love lasts. ↗

— Mary Chesnut

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Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be great and manly. Nothing is so praiseworthy, nothing so clearly shows a great and noble soul, as clemency and readiness to forgive. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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The civilized are those who get more out of life than the uncivilized, and for this we are not likely to be forgiven. ↗

— Cyril Connolly

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Jesus teaches us to forgive and I've got to trust him on that one. ↗

— Billy Corgan

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He who forgives readily only invites offense. ↗

— Pierre Corneille

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Those who easily forgive invite offenses. ↗

— Pierre Corneille

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I really don't think life is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about the I-tried-to-do. I don't mind the failure but I can't imagine that I'd forgive myself if I didn't try. ↗

— Nikki Giovanni

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Acceptance and tolerance and forgiveness, those are life-altering lessons. ↗

— Jessica Lange

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