Bohumil Hrabal Quotes
As I helped him up, I felt him shake all over, so I asked him to forgive me, without knowing what for, but that was my lot, asking forgiveness, I even asked forgiveness of myself for being what I was, what it was my nature to be.
Bohumil Hrabal
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Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again.
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Dana Perino
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Amiable weaknesses of human nature.
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John Adams
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As I helped him up, I felt him shake all over, so I asked him to forgive me, without knowing what for, but that was my lot, asking forgiveness, I even asked forgiveness of myself for being what I was, what it was my nature to be.
Bohumil Hrabal