“One can forgive but one should never forget.”
Marjane Satrapi (1969) Artist
Source: Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
My Twisted World (2014), Thoughts at 18, Forgiveness
“One can forgive but one should never forget.”
Marjane Satrapi (1969) Artist
Source: Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
Sören Kierkegaard (1813–1855) Danish philosopher and theologian, founder of Existentialism
Source: 1840s, Works of Love (1847), p. 296
Thomas Szasz (1920–2012) Hungarian psychiatrist
"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 <br class="br">The Second Sin (1973)
“Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.”
John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) 35th president of the United States of America
As quoted in Mayor (1984) by Ed Koch
Attributed
“God may forgive you, but I never can.”
Elizabeth I of England (1533–1603) Queen regnant of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until 1603
To the Countess of Nottingham, as quoted in The History of England Under the House of Tudor (1759) by David Hume, Vol. II, Ch. 7.
“Forgiveness is too easy. I can forget by indifference, but not forgive. I prefer revenge.”
Karl Lagerfeld (1933–2019) German fashion designer