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If fortune favors you do not be elated; if she frowns do not despond.
AusoniusAusonius No man pleases by silence; many I please by speaking briefly.
AusoniusAusonius When about to commit a base deed, respect thyself, though there is no witness.
AusoniusAusonius Let us never know what old age is. Let us know the happiness time brings, not count the years.
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It is not “forgive and forget” as if nothing wrong had ever happened, but “forgive and go forward,
Alan PatonAlan Paton To forgive oneself? No, that doesn’t work: we have to be forgiven. But we can only believe this is possible if we ourselves can forgive.
Dag HammarskjoldDag Hammarskjold Forgive us all, for we all have trespasses.
Alan PatonAlan Paton When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.
Alan PatonAlan Paton Forgiveness requires a sense that bad behaviour is a sign of suffering rather than malice.
Alain de BottonAlain de Botton The ability to love yourself so much that you forgive everything and you are at peace with yourself like a mother loves a child, not trying to be someone.
Ajahn BrahmAjahn Brahm Everyone makes mistakes. The wise are not people who never make mistakes, but those who forgive themselves and learn from their mistakes.
Ajahn BrahmAjahn Brahm They who forgive most shall be most forgiven.
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