It’s one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive.

Maya Angelou

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Topic

Forgiveness

Speaker

Maya Angelou

Source

O, The Oprah Magazine

Medium

Magazine

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

2013 2010s 21st century

Occupation

Black writer Black poet Poet Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Angelou, Maya. "Oprah Talks to Maya Angelou." O, The Oprah Magazine, May 2013.

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If thy brother wrongs thee, remember not so much his wrong-doing, but more than ever that he is thy brother.

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Topic
Brothers Friendship Forgiveness

Author

Epictetus
Source
The Enchiridion
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
Greek
Time
135 130s 2nd century
Era
Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

Epictetus. Ἐγχειρίδιον Ἐπικτήτου, Enkheirídion Epiktḗtou [Enchiridion of Epictetus]. c. 125 CE, ch. 43.

Current Citation

Epictetus. Enchiridion, translated by George Long. Dover Publications, 2004, ch. 43.

Another quote of the following type Advice

Love your solitude and bear with sweet-sounding lamentation the suffering it causes you.

Rainer Maria Rilke

Letters to a Young Poet

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Topic
Solitude

Author

Rainer Maria Rilke
Source
Letters to a Young Poet
Medium
Letter
Statement Type
Advice
Language
German
Time
1929 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Rilke, Rainer Maria. Letter to Franz Kappus. 16 July 1903.

Current Citation

Rilke, Rainer Maria. Letters to a Young Poet, translated by Charlie Louth. Penguin Classics, 2014.