But as it was, they saved the city out of great disasters, and gave utterance to those words which are the fairest product of enlightened minds, 'Forgive and forget.'
νῦν δὲ ἐκεῖνοι μὲν μεγάλων κακῶν συμβάντων ἔσωσαν τὴν πόλιν τὸ κάλλιστον ἐκ παιδείας ῥῆμα φθεγξάμενοι, 'μὴ μνησικακεῖν'.
Original text (Ancient Greek)
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Paraphrased by C. T. Ramage, 1930 | Amnesty, that noble word, the genuine dictate of wisdom.