The Routledge Book of World Proverbs
Forgive and forget. (German)
Forgive and you will be forgiven. (Roman)
Forgive others often, yourself never. (Roman)
Forgiven is not forgotten. (German)
Forgiving the unrepentant is like drawing pictures on water. (Japanese)
He that does you a very ill turn will never forgive you. (Danish)
The Irish forgive their great men when they are safely buried. (Irish)
The offender never forgives. (English)
Transgressions should never be forgiven a third time. (Chinese)
Who knows most, forgives most. (Italian)
’Tis more noble to forgive, and more manly to despise, than to revenge an injury. (Poor Richard)
He who doth the injury never forgives the injured man. (Italian)
Man never tires of sinning, nor God of forgiving. (Spanish)
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