“There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.”

— Josh Billings, His Works, Complete (1873)

About Josh Billings

1818 – 1885

Pen name of the American humorist Henry Wheeler Shaw.

“I honestly beleave it iz better tew know nothing than two know what ain't so.”

“Tew bring up a child in the wa he should go—travel that wa yourself.”

“Don't mistake vivacity for wit, thare iz about az mutch difference az thare iz between lightning and a lightning bug.”

“Good, to forgive; best to forget.”

“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.”