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A sentinel angel sitting high in glory
Heard this shrill wail ring out from Purgatory:
"Have mercy, mighty angel, hear my story!"

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Forgiveness

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The people will come to their own at last,—
God is not mocked forever.

You may rezoloot till the cows come home.

He never funked and he never lied
I reckon he never knowed how.

I think that saving a little child
And bringing him to his own,
Is a derned sight better business
Than loafing around the throne.

At my door the Pale Horse stands
To carry me to unknown lands.

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

Muhammad

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?

Abraham

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.

Simone Weil Simone Weil : An Anthology (1986)

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