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" A winner rebukes and forgives; a loser is too timid to rebuke and too petty to forgive. "

Sydney J. Harris

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" How does one know if she has forgiven? You tend to feel sorrow over the circumstance instead of rage, you tend to feel sorry for the person rather than angry with him. You tend to have nothing left to say about it all. "

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" People who think they're generous to a fault usually think that's their only fault. "

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" One important theme is the extent to which one can ever correct an error, especially outside any frame of religious forgiveness. All of us have done something we regret - how we manage to remove that from our conscience, or whether that's even possible, interested me. "

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