— Diogenes Laërtius biographer of ancient Greek philosophers 180 - 240
Pittacus, 3.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 1: The Seven Sages
„Forgiveness is better than revenge.“
— Pittakos
As quoted by Diogenes Laërtius in Life of Pittacus, i. 76, citing Heraclitus as his source.
Pittacus made this remark to justify his release of his captured enemy Alcaeus.
According to William Shepard Walsh, in Handy-book of Literary Curiosities (1892), p. 392, Epictetus, quoting from the same source, gives the phrase thus: "Forgiveness is better than punishment; for the one is proof of a gentle, the other of a savage, nature."
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„Forgiveness is too easy. I can forget by indifference, but not forgive. I prefer revenge.“
— Karl Lagerfeld German fashion designer 1933 - 2019
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— Sacha Guitry French dramatist and playwright 1885 - 1957
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„If you betray me, can I take a better revenge
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— Pierre Corneille, Tite et Bérénice
Me puis-je mieux venger, si vous me trahissez,
Que d'aimer à vos yeux ce que vous haïssez?
Domitien, act IV, scene iii.
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— Edwin Hubbell Chapin American priest 1814 - 1880
Źródło: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers, P. 251.
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— Linh Nga American-Vietnamese film director, film producer, actress, screenwriter, and news anchor 1982
Vietbao. Giai tri page http://vietbao.vn/Giai-tri/Linh-Nga-Tha-thu-la-su-tra-thu-cao-thuong-nhat/30173768/233/ 2005
— J. Howard Moore 1862 - 1916
"Human Nature is Defective", speech to the Young People's Socialist League, The Chicago Tribune, 20 Oct. 1910
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Źródło: 1800s, Jerusalem The Emanation of The Giant Albion (c. 1803–1820), Ch. 4, plate 91, line 1
„Forgiveness is the release of all hope for a better past.“
— Buddy Wakefield American poet 1974
"Hurling Crowbirds at Mockingbars"
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„Revenge! No — what good would that do? — it would make him no better, and me no happier.“
— Anne Brontë, książka Lokatorka Wildfell Hall
Źródło: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), Ch. XXXVII : The Neighbour Again; Helen to Walter
„Forgiving men is so much easier than forgiving women.“
— Margaret Atwood Canadian writer 1939
Źródło: CAT'S EYE.
„Surely it is much more generous to forgive and remember, than to forgive and forget.“
— Maria Edgeworth Irish writer 1768 - 1849
"An Essay on the Noble Science of Self-Justification"; Tales and Novels, vol. 1, p. 213.
„Forgiveness means giving up all hope for a better past.“
— Lily Tomlin American actress, comedian, writer, and producer 1939