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"I only accept your mistakes and flaws to the degree that I accept my own."

"There is no sin that Jesus cannot forgive."

"It's best to be ruthless with the past."

"After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations."

"An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness."

"Take revenge, not by hurting someone, but by succeeding in life and helping those who were hurting you in the past."

"Forgive to set yourself free, love to set the prisoner free."

"Don't just shun them; don't kill them! Don't curse them; don't harm them! Pray for them, for they all a good part of the story; get understanding, and disarm them with wit and wisdom!"

"The best gift that we can give to our enemy is not war, but forgiveness and peace."
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"If it were possible to cure evils by lamentation and to raise the dead with tears, then gold would be a less valuable thing than weeping."


"OEDIPUS:O, O, O, they will all come,all come out clearly! Light of the sun, let melook upon you no more after today!I who first saw the light bred of a matchaccursed, and accursed in my livingwith them I lived with, cursed in my killing."


"Your edict, King, was strong,But all your strength is weakness itself againstThe immortal unrecorded laws of God.They are not merely now: they were, and shall be,Operative for ever, beyond man utterly.I knew I must die, even without your decree:I am only mortal. And if I must dieNow, before it is my time to die,Surely this is no hardship: can anyoneLiving, as I live, with evil all about me,Think Death less than a friend?"


"Closer, it's all right. Touch the man of grief.Do. Don't be afraid. My troubles are mine and I am the only man alive who can sustain them."
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