Forgiveness Sayings and Quotes
Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Forgiveness quotes, Forgiveness sayings, and Forgiveness proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.
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Don't rob Peter to pay Paul. -- John Heywood (c.1497-1580) earlier (1380) in a collection by John Wycliffe. Thanks to Mark Ingram we understand what the saying means: It describes a wasteful or pointless activity, namely taking away something in order to put it back.
Can't see the forest for the trees. -- unknown
Common sense is not so common. -- French (on common sense)
Don't cry over spilt milk. -- James Howell (1549-1666)
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face. -- Mid 14th century French Proverb
Don't try to reinvent the wheel. -- unknown
Fools and scissors require good handling. -- Japanese (on foolishness)
Fools are like other folks as long as they are silent. -- Danish (on foolishness)
Fools rush in where wise men fear to tread. -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
If you buy things you don't need, you will soon be selling things you do need. -- Pampango - Filipino (on buying and selling)
If you follow a fool, you are a fool yourself. -- Jamaican (on foolishness)
It is a foolish sheep that makes the wolf its confessor. -- Italian (on common sense)
It is a fool's sheep that breaks loose twice. -- Ashanti (West African) (on foolishness)
It's better to be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. -- Bible
Only a fool hates that which he knows nothing about. -- unknown
Only the foolish visit the land of the cannibals. -- Maori (on foolishness)
Philosophy as well as foppery often changes fashion. -- Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Sing away sorrow, cast away care. -- Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)
Success has ruined many a man. -- Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
The complete fool is half prophet. -- Yiddish (on foolishness)(Meaning: even a fool is right half the time)
The fool is thirsty in the midst of water. -- Ethiopian (on foolishness)
The fool never undertakes little. -- Czech (on foolishness)
The hero appears only after the tiger is dead. -- Burmese (on cynicism)
The right place at the wrong time. -- unknown