forgiveness - quotes

Josh Billings (Henry Wheeler Shaw), 1818-1885

was an US Humorist

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950

was an Irish dramatist and socialist

Youth, which is forgiven everything, forgives itself nothing: age, which forgives itself everything, is forgiven nothing.

( “Man and Superman”, 1903 )

Oscar (Fingall O'Flahertie Wills) Wilde, 1854-1900

was an Irish dramatist, novelist, and poet

Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them.

( “The Picture of Dorian Gray”, 1891 )

George Herbert, 1593-1633

was an English clergyman and metaphysical poet

He who cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself.

Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens), 1835-1910

was an US humorist, novelist, short story author, and wit

Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.