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"PARDON, v. To remit a penalty and restore to the life of crime. To add to the lure of crime the temptation of ingratitude."

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Ingratitude is often disproportionate to the benefaction received.

— Karl Kraus

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He that forgets his friend is ungrateful to him; but he that forgets his Saviour is unmerciful to himself.

— John Bunyan

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