Forgive and Forget
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Forgive and Forget is the name of:
- Forgive and Forget (song), a single from Alien Ant Farm.
- Forgive and Forget: Healing the Hurts We Don't Deserve, a book by Lewis B. Smedes.
[edit] Etymology
The etymology of this expression most likely derived from several sources:
- "Let's forget and forgive; perhaps you were right to punish my son, and take vengeance on my cattle, but surely I was right in trying to revenge him; now that we are both satisfied why should not we be friends again?" - Aesop, The Snake and the Farmer, sixth century BCE
- "Let us forget and forgive injuries." - Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote, 1547-1616
- "Pray you now, forget and forgive." - Shakespeare, King Lear, 1564-1616