Richard Salter Storrs (1821–1900) American Congregational clergyman
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 440.
“Nothing erases the past. There is repentance, there is atonement, and there is forgiveness. That is all, but that is enough.”
Source: The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate
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Wir sollen immer verzeihen, dem Reuigen um seinetwillen, dem Reuelosen um unseretwillen.
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“Forgiveness is the release of all hope for a better past.”
Buddy Wakefield (1974) American poet
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“Forgiveness means giving up all hope for a better past.”
Lily Tomlin (1939) American actress, comedian, writer, and producer
“To enforce the lies of the present, it is necessary to erase the truths of the past.”
George Orwell book 1984
Attributed to Orwell by Keith Olbermann on MSNBC (27 September 2006), this seems to be a paraphrase of some of the statements in Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Misattributed
Source: 1984
Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) 16th President of the United States
Letter to Reverdy Johnson (26 July 1862)
1860s