“Forgiving men is so much easier than forgiving women.”
Margaret Atwood (1939) Canadian writer
Source: CAT'S EYE.
“It is easier to forgive an Enemy than to forgive a Friend.”
Source: 1800s, Jerusalem The Emanation of The Giant Albion (c. 1803–1820), Ch. 4, plate 91, line 1
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English Romantic poet and artist 1757–1827Related quotes
“It's easier to ask forgiveness than to beg for permission.”
Lora Leigh (1965) American writer
Source: Lion's Heat
“Isn't it easier to forgive than to hate?
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David Eddings (1931–2009) American novelist
Source: Sorceress of Darshiva
“It is always easier to get forgiveness than permission.”
Lois McMaster Bujold Vorkosigan Saga
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 easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission.”
Grace Hopper (1906–1992) American computer scientist and United States Navy officer
As quoted in the U.S. Navy's Chips Ahoy magazine (July 1986) <br class="br">As quoted in Built to Learn: The Inside Story of How Rockwell Collins Became a True Learning Organization (2003) by Cliff Purington, Chris Butler, and Sarah Fister Gale, p. 171 <br class="br">The future: Hardware, Software, and People in Carver https://books.google.com/books?id=5Q7uAAAAMAAJ, 1983<br>Actually attested since mid-19th century. <br class="br">Variant: If it's a good idea, go ahead and do it. It is much easier to apologize than it is to get permission. <br class="br">Variant: That brings me to the most important piece of advice that I can give to all of you: if you've got a good idea, and it's a contribution, I want you to go ahead and DO IT. It is much easier to apologize than it is to get permission. <br class="br">Source: https://quoteinvestigator.com/2018/06/19/forgive/
“It’s always easier to hate than to forgive, isn’t it?”
Alastair Reynolds book Pushing Ice
Source: Pushing Ice (2005), Chapter 14 (p. 233)
Cosimo de' Medici (1389–1464) First ruler of the Medici political dynasty
Attributed to Cosimo de' Medici, Duke of Florence, in Apothegms by Francis Bacon, (1624) No. 206
Francis Bacon (1561–1626) English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, and author
No. 206
Apophthegms (1624)
“Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.”
John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) 35th president of the United States of America
As quoted in Mayor (1984) by Ed Koch
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