** '''It is right for him who asks forgiveness for his offenses to grant it to others.'''
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** [[Horace]], ''Satires'', I. 3. 74
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* For 'tis sweet to stammer one letter<br>Of the Eternal's language; — on earth it is called Forgiveness!
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** [[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]], ''The Children of the Lord's Supper'', line 214
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* These evils I deserve, and more<br> * * * * * *<br>Justly, yet despair not of his final pardon,<br>Whose ear is ever open, and his eye<br>Gracious to re-admit the suppliant.
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** [[John Milton]], ''[[Samson Agonistes]]'' (1671), line 1,170