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Brewer's: Forgiveness

(Ang.-Sax., forgifenes.)

Forgiveness to the injured doth belong. But they ne'er pardon who have done the wrong.

Dryden: Conquest of Granada, part ii. act i. 2.

?Proprium humani generis, odisse quem laceris.? ?Tacitus.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Fork Out
Forgive, blest Shade
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