"He, who cannot forgive a trespass of malice……" — Johann Kaspar Lavater
"He, who cannot forgive a trespass of malice to his enemy, has never yet tasted the most sublime enjoyment of love."
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93 Quotes by Johann Kaspar Lavater
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He is incapable of a truly good action who finds not a pleasure in contemplating the good actions of others.
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The procrastinator is not only indolent and weak, but commonly, false, too; most of the weak are false.
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Don't speak evil of someone if you don't know for certain, and if you do know ask yourself, why am…
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Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.
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There are many kinds of smiles, each having a distinct character. Some announce goodness and sweetness, others betray sarcasm, bitterness…
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Airs of importance are the credentials of impotence.
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Conscience is the sentinel of virtue.
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He whose pride oppresses the humble may perhaps be humbled, but will never be humble.
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Where pride begins, love ceases.
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I am prejudiced in favor of him who, without impudence, can ask boldly. He has faith in humanity, and faith…
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Who has a daring eye tell downright truths and downright lies.
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Intuition is the clear conception of the whole at once.
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More Cannot Forgive Quotes
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Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings.
— Jean de la Bruyere
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Edmund Wilson was our greatest American literary critic because he was more than a literary critic: He was a fearless,…
— Edward Abbey
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How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself.
— Publilius Syrus
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The spirit must be freed from tethers so strong and feelings never put to rest, so that the lift of…
— Thomas S. Monson
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I have discovered that most people who tell me that they cannot forgive a person who wronged them are handicapped…
— Lewis B. Smedes
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If I say, "Yes, I forgive, but I cannot forgive," as though the God, who twice a day washes all…
— Amy Carmichael
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God dealt with our whole situation on the cross; there is nothing left for you to settle. Just say to…
— Corrie Ten Boom
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When you forgive, some deeper, divine generosity takes you over... When you cannot forgive, you are a prisoner of the…
— John O'Donohue
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Let us not close our hearts, let us not lose confidence, let us never give up: there are no situations…
— Pope Francis
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I cannot forgive a scholar his homeless despondency.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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We cannot forgive another for not being ourselves.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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A book is somehow sacred. A dictator can kill and maim people, can sink to any kind of tyranny and…
— John Steinbeck
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