"I could easily forgive his pride, if..." - Quote by Jane Austen
I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.
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“Upon the whole, therefore, she found what had been sometimes found before, that an event to which she had looked forward with impatient desire, did not, in taking place, bring all the satisfaction she had promised herself.”
“Where the wound had been given, there must the cure be found, if any where.”
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“I don't pose as an authority on anything at all, I follow the opinions of the ordinary people I meet, and I take pride in the close-knit teamwork with my organization.”
“A race of people is like and individual man; until it uses its own talent, takes pride in its own history, expresses its own culture, affirms its own selfhood, it can never fulfill itself.”
“My grandfather was smart and had a whole lot of pride. He didn't speak a terrible amount, but you could tell there was a ton on his mind - like a quiet acceptance of how life had turned out.”
More on Forgiveness
“South Africans must recall the terrible past so that we can deal with it, forgiving where forgiveness is necessary but never forgetting.”
“Servants must be big people. Big enough to go on, remembering the right and forgetting the wrong.”
“We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.”