“We should always forgive. We should forgive the repentant for their sake, the unrepentant for our sake.”

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Wir sollen immer verzeihen, dem Reuigen um seinetwillen, dem Reuelosen um unseretwillen.
Source: Aphorisms (1880/1893), p. 25.

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Wir sollen immer verzeihen, dem Reuigen um seinetwillen, dem Reuelosen um unseretwillen.

Aphorisms (1880/1893)
Source: Aphorismen (Berlin: 1893)

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