The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
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.
I always forgive, but I never forget.
I do not bring forgiveness with me, nor forgetfulness. The only ones who can forgive are dead; the living have no right to forget.
One forgives to the degree that one loves.
Surely it is much more generous to forgive and remember, than to forgive and forget.
A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
The only thing I've settled in my mind is that I want to forgive, and forgiveness comes with forgetting.
The motto should not be: Forgive one another; rather understand one another.
You can't forgive without loving. And I don't mean sentimentality. I don't mean mush. I mean having enough courage to stand up and say, 'I forgive. I'm finished with it.'
I never forgive, but I always forget.