“The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naïve forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.”

—  Thomas Szasz

"Personal Conduct" http://books.google.com/books?id=IYOcAQAAQBAJ&q=%22The+stupid+neither+forgive+nor+forget+the+na%C3%AFve+forgive+and+forget+the+wise+forgive+but+do+not+forget%22&pg=PA177#v=onepage, p. 51. http://openlibrary.org/works/OL15151528W/The_Second_Sin
The Second Sin (1973)

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Hungarian psychiatrist 1920–2012

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