“Nothing annoys people so much as not receiving invitations.”
Source: The Importance of Being Earnest
“Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”
Variant: Always forgive your enemies — nothing annoys them so much.
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Irish writer and poet 1854–1900Related quotes
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“You have so much to learn from your enemies.”
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Source: A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
“Forgiving men is so much easier than forgiving women.”
Margaret Atwood
(1939) Canadian writer
Source: CAT'S EYE.
Matthew Arnold
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Stanzas from the Grande Chartreuse (1855)
Context: Forgive me, masters of the mind!
At whose behest I long ago
So much unlearnt, so much resign'd —
I come not here to be your foe!
I seek these anchorites, not in ruth,
To curse and to deny your truth; Not as their friend, or child, I speak!
But as, on some far northern strand,
Thinking of his own Gods, a Greek
In pity and mournful awe might stand
Before some fallen Runic stone —
For both were faiths, and both are gone.
“It is easier to forgive an Enemy than to forgive a Friend.”
William Blake
(1757–1827) English Romantic poet and artist
Source: 1800s, Jerusalem The Emanation of The Giant Albion (c. 1803–1820), Ch. 4, plate 91, line 1
“There is nothing so annoying as having two people talking when you're busy interrupting.”
Mark Twain
(1835–1910) American author and humorist