Forgiveness Is Better Than Revenge, For Forgiveness Is The Sign Of A Gentle Nature, But Revenge Is The Sign Of A Savage Nature.

Forgiveness Is Better Than Revenge, For Forgiveness Is The Sign Of A Gentle Nature, But Revenge Is The Sign Of A Savage Nature.

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Forgiveness is better than revenge, for forgiveness is the sign of
a gentle nature, but revenge is the sign of a savage nature.
-- Epictetus

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There is no revenge so sweet as forgiveness.
Heraclitus says that Pittacus, when he had got Alcaeus into his power, released him, saying, "Forgiveness is better than revenge.
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It is easier to get forgiveness than permission.
It's easier to get forgiveness for being wrong than forgiveness for being right.