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Forgiveness: Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.

— Marlene Dietrich Marlene Dietrich's ABC (1962)

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I love them because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognizedly wiser than oneself.

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You can't live without illusions even if you must fight for them. Such as "love conquers all." It's not true, but I would like it to be so.

If there is a supreme being, he's crazy.

Dahlink, the legs aren't so beautiful. I just know what to do with them.

Most women set out to try to change a man, and when they have changed him they do not like him.

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It is better for a leader to make a mistake in forgiving than to make a mistake in punishing.

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Wilt Thou indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked? Peradventure there are fifty righteous within the city; wilt Thou indeed sweep away and not forgive the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?

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It is better for a leader to make a mistake in forgiving than to make a mistake in punishing.

Al-Tirmidhi

I also am other than what I imagine myself to be. To know this is forgiveness.

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