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Only the brave know how to forgive... a coward never forgave; it is not in his nature.

Only the brave know how to forgive... a coward never forgave; it is not in his nature.

Laurence Sterne
Forgiveness, Brave, Forgiving
"Sermons" by Laurence Sterne, vol. I, No. 12, 1760.

Only the brave know how to forgive; it is the most refined and generous pitch of virtue human nature can arrive at.

Laurence Sterne
Motivational, Forgiveness, Brave
Laurence Sterne (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Laurence Sterne (Illustrated)”, Delphi Classics

A coward never forgives.

Laurence Sterne
Forgiveness, Forgiving, Coward

The brave only know how to forgive.

Laurence Sterne
Forgiveness, Brave, Forgiving
Laurence Sterne (1873). “The Works of Laurence Sterne ...: With a Life of the Author”, p.139, London : Bickers, H. Sotheran

There are few instances of the exercise of particular virtues which seem harder to attain to, or which appear more amiable and engaging in themselves, than those of moderation and the forgiveness of injuries.

Laurence Sterne
Forgiveness, Exercise, Virtue
Laurence Sterne (1849). “The Works of Laurence Sterne: Containing The Life and Opinions of Tristan Shandy ... [etc.] ; with a Life of the Author Written by Himself”, p.409

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