Excuse Quote by Louisa May Alcott

A man has virtues enough if he deserves pardon for his faults on account of them.

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

Take care lest perchance you fall into the mistake of thinking to gain more by being merciful than by being just; for to pardon…

— Baldassare Castiglione

Pity and forbearance should characterize all acts of justice.

— Benjamin Franklin

Do not be merciful, but be just, for mercy is bestowed upon the guilty criminal, while Justice is all that the innocent man requires.

— Khalil Gibran

Nothing more unqualified the man to act with prudence than a misfortune that is attended with shame and guilt.

— Jonathan Swift

Pardon ever follows sincere repentence.

— Charles Spurgeon

“Forgiveness is not a feeling; it is a commitment. It is a choice to show mercy, not to hold the offense up against the…

— Gary Chapman

“choice to show mercy, not to hold the offense up against the offender. Forgiveness is an expression of love.”

— Gary Chapman

These evils I deserve, and more . . . . Justly, yet despair not of his final pardon, Whose ear is ever open, and…

— John Milton

It is surely better to pardon too much, than to condemn too much.

— George Eliot

We are all serving a life sentence, and good behavior is our only hope for a pardon.

— Douglas Horton

“It's cheaper to pardon than to resent. Forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, and the waste of spirit.”

— Hannah More