“The vilest offender who truly believes,
That moment from Jesus a pardon receives.”
Fanny J. Crosby (1820–1915) American poet, lyricist and composer
Source: from "To God Be The Glory", (1875)
“557. The offender never pardons.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
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Richard Wilbur (1921–2017) American poet
The Pardon
Context: I started in to cry and call his name,
Asking forgiveness of his tongueless head.
... I dreamt the past was never past redeeming:
But whether this was false or honest dreaming
I beg death's pardon now. And mourn the dead.
Gustave Nadaud (1820–1893) songwriter
Stanza 5.
Carcassonne, (c. 1887; with translation by John Reuben Thompson)
John Flavel (1627–1691) English Presbyterian clergyman
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 390.
“Repentance deserveth Pardon.”
Pythagoras (-585–-495 BC) ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher
The Sayings of the Wise (1555)
“If this be not love, it is madness, and then it is pardonable.”
William Congreve The Old Bachelor
Act IV, scene x
The Old Bachelor (1693)
