Publilius Syrus on forgiveness

I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.

The judge is condemned when the guilty is absolved.

Patience is a remedy for every sorrow.

Love, while always forgiving of imperfections and mistakes, can never cease to will their removal.

C. S. Lewis1898–1963

• Love
• Theology

To err is human, to forgive divine.

Alexander Pope1688–1744An Essay on Criticism (1711)In context

Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heal that has crushed it.

Mark Twain1835–1910

• Virtue