Pardon Quotes

278 Pardon quotes by 216 unique authors

I felt that even when they were polite they hardly saw me, that they would have begged the pardon of Jack the Bear, never glancing… — Ralph Ellison
Understanding is often a prelude to forgiveness, but they are not the same, and we often forgive what we cannot understand (seeing nothing else to… — Mary McCarthy
I have always been thinking of the different ways in which Christianity is taught, and whenever I find one way that makes it a wider… — George Eliot
Mercy is not itself, that oft looks so; Pardon is still the nurse of second woe. — William Shakespeare
It is a shame for the tongue to cast itself upon the uncertain pardon of other's ears — Joseph Hall
White rose in red rose-garden Is not so white; Snowdrops, that plead for pardon And pine for fright Because the hard East blows Over their… — Algernon Charles Swinburne
Take care lest perchance you fall into the mistake of thinking to gain more by being merciful than by being just; for to pardon him… — Baldassare Castiglione
Was it possible that a bustling display of energy might only be a camouflage for a spiritual vacuum? The thought so impressed me that I… — Arthur Gordon Webster
I desire to bless and praise the name of God most high for appointing me my birth in a land of Gospel Light where the… — Robert Treat Paine
The plea of good intentions is not one that can be allowed to have much weight in passing historical judgment upon a man whose wrong-headedness… — Theodore Roosevelt
"Should I comfort those who do not mourn?" Some preachers are too quick and too willing to hand out pardons to sinners who do not… — John William Fletcher
Let what offends God offend me, and what God pardons, I pardon. — Criss Jami
A man only goes and confesses his faults to the world when his self will not acknowledge or listen to them. WYNDHAM LEWIS, Tarr Two… — Jean de la Bruyere
Le coeur d'une me' re est un ab|"me au fond duquel se trouve toujours un pardon. A mother'sheart isanabyss atthebottomof whichthere is always forgiveness. — Honore de Balzac
Those who understand evil pardon it. — George Bernard Shaw
The more wit you have, the more good nature you must show, to induce people to pardon your superiority, for that is no easy matter. — Bill Vaughan
No love or pity, pardon or excuse should soften the sharp pang of reparation for the guilty man. — Louisa May Alcott
And what does reward virtue? You think the communist commissar rewards virtue? You think a Hitler rewards virtue? You think, excuse me, if you'll pardon… — Milton Friedman
I used to have a sort of soft spot for Huckabee. He seemed to have a genuinely saintly streak, which caused him to defend illegal… — Gail Collins
He who pardons easily invites offense. — Pierre Corneille
Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne'er pardon who have done wrong. — John Dryden
We are all serving a life sentence, and good behavior is our only hope for a pardon. — Douglas Horton
Be assured that if you knew all, you would pardon all. — Thomas a Kempis
If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn. — Friedrich Nietzsche
I have self-actualized. Pardon me whilst I adjust my glowing halo. — Ted Nugent

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