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Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so tha

Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim and on his behalf demand atonement or grant forgiveness it is the one crime in which society has a direct interest. – W. H. Auden

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Giving The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men. – Henry Ward Beecher

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Forgive many things in others nothing in yourself. – Ausonius

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If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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