“Good, to forgive; best to forget.”

— Robert Browning, La Saisiaz, Prologue

About Robert Browning

1812 – 1889

English poet and playwright, known for his dramatic monologues.

“Earth changes, but thy soul and God stand sure.”

“Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be, the last of life, for which the first was made.”

“Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, / Or what's a heaven for?”

“There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.”

“Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.”

“To err is human, to forgive divine.”

“I pardon him, as God shall pardon me.”

“The brave only know how to forgive.”

“To understand makes one very indulgent.”