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• He believed that he must, that he could and would recover the good things, the happy things, the easy tranquil things of life. He had made mistakes, but he could overlook these. He had been a fool, but that could be forgiven. The time wasted--must be relinquished. What else could one do about it? Things were too complex, but they might be reduced to simplicity again. Recovery was possible.

  Saul Bellow

  Mistake, Recovery, Simplicity

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• All that we did was human, stupid, easily forgiven, Not quite right.

  Gary Snyder

  Stupid, Humans

  Gary Snyder (1968). “The Back Country”, p.120, New Directions Publishing

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• I think that an actor is more likely to be forgiven in the public's eye than an actress.

  Mila Kunis

  Eye, Thinking, Actors

  Interview With James Franco, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 16, 2012.

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• If only I wasn't an atheist, I could get away with anything. You'd just ask for forgiveness and then you'd be forgiven. It sounds much better than having to live with guilt.

  Keira Knightley

  Atheist, Guilt, Sound

  Interview with David Cronenberg, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 26, 2012.

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• I tried to manipulate and control people, and I harbored resentment. I wanted to be forgiven, but I wouldn't forgive others.

  Lauryn Hill

  People, Forgiving, Manipulation

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The only vice that cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is itself hypocrisy.

  William Hazlitt

  Forgiveness, Hypocrite, Hypocrisy

  William Hazlitt (1837). “Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt].”, p.94

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• Christianity is not about religion. It's about faith, about being held, about being forgiven. It's about finding joy and finding home.

  Bear Grylls

  Home, Joy, Christianity

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• Your successes and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them.

  Albert Camus

  Happiness, Success, Happy

  Albert Camus (2012). “The Fall”, p.80, Vintage

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• Confess your sins to the Lord and you will be forgiven; confess them to man and you will be laughed at.

  Josh Billings

  Faith, Men, Comedy

  Josh Billings (1972). “Uncle Sam's Uncle Josh: Or, Josh Billings on Practically Everything, Distilled from Josh's Rum and Tansy New England Wit by Donald Day”

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• Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.

  Jane Austen

  Inspiring, Hope, Selfish

  1814 Mansfield Park, ch.7.

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• I've forgiven all my enemies - even those who have stolen money from me.

  Kevin McCloud

  Enemy, Stolen

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• Jesus paid a tremendous price for us so we could have abundant life. He willingly took all of our sin on Himself and gave His life on the cross so we could be forgiven and have new life in Him.

  Joyce Meyer

  Jesus, New Life, Sin

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• I desired to become a Christian, and prayed earnestly for the forgiveness of my sins. I felt a peace of mind resulting, and loved every one, feeling desirous that all should have their sins forgiven, and love Jesus as I did.

  Ellen G. White

  Christian, Jesus, Should Have

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• It's too late to apologize for. I have already forgiven you.

  Robin Hobb

  Too Late, Apologizing, Late

  "The Golden Fool". Book by Robin Hobb, 2002.

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• All men have parties and are pals who never let each other down. A pal can say terrible things which are forgotten the next day. A pal never forgives, he just forgets, and a woman forgives but never forgets. That's how it is. That's why women aren't allowed to have parties. Being forgiven is very unpleasant.

  Tove Jansson

  Party, Men, Next Day

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• I have people in my life, of course. Some write; some don't. Some read; some don't. Some stare vacantly into space when I talk the geeky talk and walk the geeky walk, but they make killer chocolate chip pancakes and so all is forgiven.

  Rob Thurman

  Writing, Space, People

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• I'd like you to know that I have forgiven him. Again and again. Once done, course, back comes the Enemy to persecute and persecute, and I must ante up to God and forgive yet again.

  Jan Karon

  Forgiving, Enemy, Done

  Jan Karon (2011). “Jan Karons Mitford Years: Novels Six Through Nine; Plus a Father Tim Novel”, p.1578, Penguin

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• The assurance of Heaven is never given to the person. And that's why at the core of the Christian faith is the grace of God. If there's one word I would grab from all of that, it's forgiveness - that you can be forgiven. I can be forgiven, and it is of the grace of God. But once you understand that, I think the ramifications are worldwide.

  Ravi Zacharias

  Christian, Thinking, Heaven

  "What Makes the Christian Message Unique?". Interview with Gordon Robertson, www.cbn.com.

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• If those committed to the quest fail, they will be forgiven. When lost, they will find another way. The moral imperative of humanism is the endeavor alone, whether successful or not, provided the effort is honorable and failure memorable.

  E. O. Wilson

  Failure, Memorable, Successful

  E. O. Wilson (2014). “Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge”, p.16, Vintage

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• Many promising reconciliations have broken down because while both parties come prepared to forgive, neither party come prepared to be forgiven.

  Charles Williams

  Forgiveness, Party, Broken

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• All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candor.

  Walt Whitman

  Perfect, May, Faults

  Walt Whitman, Floyd Stovall (2007). “Prose Works 1892, Volume II: Collect and Other Prose”, p.451, NYU Press

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• One of the great benefits of organised religion is that you can be forgiven your sins, which must be a wonderful thing. I mean, I carry my sins around with me, there's nobody there to forgive them.

  Kingsley Amis

  Mean, Forgiving, Benefits

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• I always asked for forgiveness for my sins right away but I never accepted it until I felt right that I had suffered enough to pay for it. God revealed to me what I was doing how much unnecessary pain I was causing myself. He even showed me that what I was doing was an insult to Jesus that in essence I was saying Lord the sacrifice of Your life and blood was good but not good enough. I must add my work of feeling guilty before I can be forgiven.

  Joyce Meyer

  Jesus, Pain, Sacrifice

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• At the happy ending of the Tempest, Prospero brings the kind back togeter with his son, and finds Miranda's true love and punishes the bad duke and frees Ariel and becomes a duke himself again. Everyone - except Caliban - is happy, and everyone is forgiven, and everyone is fine, and they all sail away on calm seas. Happy endings. That's how it is in Shakespeare. But Shakespeare was wrong. Sometimes there isn't a Prospero to make everything fine again. And sometimes the quality of mercy is strained.

  Gary D.

  Son, Sea, Quality

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• It is possible to have pardon without forgiveness-a murderer can be pardoned by the governor, but that does not mean the victim's family has forgiven him. And there can be forgiveness without pardon.

  Allen C. Guelzo

  Forgiveness, Mean, Doe

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