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For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed? ↗

— Bell Hooks

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A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man. ↗

— E. W. Howe

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God forgive me if I do wrong in following with ardor the strongest instincts of my nature. ↗

— Julia Ward Howe

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The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods. ↗

— Elbert Hubbard

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To sin offers repentance and forgiveness; not to sin offers only punishment. ↗

— Jose Bergamin

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The lesson is that you can still make mistakes and be forgiven. ↗

— Robert Downey, Jr.

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Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them. ↗

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

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In times of tumult, voters are likely to forgive a president, if not reward him, for compromises made in service of solutions. ↗

— Ron Fournier

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Forgive me my nonsense, as I also forgive the nonsense of those that think they talk sense. ↗

— Robert Frost

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He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven. ↗

— Thomas Fuller

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