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He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; for everyone has need to be forgiven.Lord Herbert
Forgive thyself little, and others much.Leighton
A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the full value of time and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.Rambler
Only the brave know how to forgive; it is the most refined and generous pitch of virtue human nature can arrive at.Sterne
To be able to bear provocation is an argument of great reason, and to forgive it of a great mind.Tillotson
Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.Author Unknown
Courage is always greatest when blended with meekness; intellectual ability is most admired when it sparkles in the setting of modest self-distrust; and never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge and dares to forgive any injury.Author Unknown
There is no one, says another, whom fortune does not visit once in his life; but when she does not find him ready to receive her, she walks in at the door, and flies out at the window.Montesquieu
The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune of the bad bows their heads down to the earth.Saadi
Many have been ruined by their fortunes, and many have escaped ruin by the want of fortune. To obtain it the great have become little, and the little great.Johann Georg Zimmermann