“Forgiveness is too easy. I can forget by indifference, but not forgive. I prefer revenge.”
“2085. He that does you a very ill Turn, will never forgive you.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
Source: My Double Life (1907), Ch. 33 <!-- p. 369 -->
Context: Life is short, even for those who live a long time, and we must live for the few who know and appreciate us, who judge and absolve us, and for whom we have the same affection and indulgence. The rest I look upon as a mere crowd, lively or sad, loyal or corrupt, from whom there is nothing to be expected but fleeting emotions, either pleasant or unpleasant, which leave no trace behind them. We ought to hate very rarely, as it is too fatiguing; remain indifferent to a great deal, forgive often and never forget.
This Business of Living (1935-1950)
Source: Il mestiere di vivere: Diario 1935-1950
107
Fruits of Solitude (1682), Part I
“If I can't forgive him, the Lord won’t forgive me.”
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“And throughout all eternity
I forgive you, you forgive me.”
My Specter, st. 14
1800s, Poems from Blake's Notebook (c. 1804)
Thoughts and Aphorisms (1913), Jnana
