I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I … — Henry Ward Beecher

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 BeecherClergyman · American · 1813 – 1887

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