God may forgive you, but I never can.
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To the Countess of Nottingham, as quoted in The History of England Under the House of Tudor (1759) by David Hume, Vol. II, Ch. 7Elizabeth I of England
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As she stumbled forward she cried out in her mind, which was as dark, as shaken as the subterranean vault, “Forgive me. O my Masters, O unnamed ones, most ancient ones, forgive me, forgive me!”
There was no answer. There had never been an answer.Ursula K. Le Guin
"For Christians, the rules are clear. They are under order to forgive. We must follow those orders, no matter how difficult they appear. If we do not forgive, God will not forgive us. That is the beginning and the end of it."
Laisenia Qarase
If God wanted to forgive our sins, why not just forgive them? Who's God trying to impress? Presumably himself, since he is judge and jury, as well as execution victim. (Part 2, 00:29:56)
Richard Dawkins
A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her...but she can never forgive him for the sacrifices he makes on her account.
William Somerset Maugham
Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee
And I'll forgive Thy great big one on me.Robert Frost
Surely it is much more generous to forgive and remember, than to forgive and forget.
Maria Edgeworth
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