
Wir sollen immer verzeihen, dem Reuigen um seinetwillen, dem Reuelosen um unseretwillen.
Source: Aphorisms (1880/1893), p. 25.
"Political Correctness: Robert Bly and Philip Larkin" (1997)
Wir sollen immer verzeihen, dem Reuigen um seinetwillen, dem Reuelosen um unseretwillen.
Source: Aphorisms (1880/1893), p. 25.
“It is always easier to get forgiveness than permission.”
This seems to be derived from a statement attributed to Rear Admiral Grace Hopper, and which she regularly used in her public addresses: "It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission."
Vorkosigan Saga, A Civil Campaign (1999)
“It’s always easier to hate than to forgive, isn’t it?”
Source: Pushing Ice (2005), Chapter 14 (p. 233)
“A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable, and never acceptable.”
Guitar Craft Monograph III: Aphorisms, Oct. 27 1988
“Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.”
“Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”
Variant: Always forgive your enemies — nothing annoys them so much.
“A good wife always forgives her husband when she's wrong.”