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I never forgive, but I always forget.

— Arthur Balfour

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I'm just a person who forgives and forgets. I have a hard time holding grudges.

— Zachery Ty Bryan

A lot of people, when they say 'forgive and forget,' they think you completely wash your brain out and forget everything. That is not the concept. What I think is you forgive and you forget so you can transform your experiences, not necessarily forget them but transform them, so that they don't haunt you or handicap you or kill you.

— Ishmael Beah

The only thing I've settled in my mind is that I want to forgive, and forgiveness comes with forgetting.

— Ingrid Betancourt

I'm very forgiving so I forgive most things, really.

— Tory Burch

I'm a forgiver. I might not forget, but I forgive. My mother, father and older brother always told me: 'Don't hold grudges. If you do that, you don't lower yourself down to your adversary. Just treat people the way you want to be treated.' I honestly think that's why I was able to survive and have some success.

— Monte Irvin

✗Opposing Perspectives

I always forgive, but I never forget.

— Randy Moss

I remember everything but forgive anyway.

— Erica Jong

I never forget. I never forgive. I can wait. I find it very easy to harbor a grudge. I have scores to settle.

— Tom Wolfe

Can you really forgive if you can't forget?

— Sarah Jessica Parker

I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.

— Henry Ward Beecher