"A wise judge may let mercy temper justice……" — Lewis B. Smedes

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• Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom. — Hannah Arendt
• Soon I realized that if beauty equalled forgiveness, I was never going to be forgiven. — Kevyn Aucoin
• Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of… — Wystan Hugh Auden
• Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is… — Saint Augustine
• Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure. — Jane Austen
• I was born into a Christian family and brought up in a Lutheran church. My faith has been the center… — Michele Bachmann
• In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior. — Francis Bacon
• This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge keeps his wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well. — Francis Bacon
• I believe forgiveness is possible for everybody, for everything, but I'm a Buddhist. — Alan Ball
• The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness. — Honore de Balzac
• One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody everything everynight before you go to… — Bernard Baruch
• I like cast iron coated with enamel for longevity and forgiveness if I happen to take my eyes off the… — Mario Batali

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