Just Thinking
I was thinking that, if you reduce your enemy (or opponent) to a single dimension (evil, greedy, cruel) you not only miss his other dimensions (which make him human and understandable) but you also allow him to create the version of himself that lives in your mind.
But if you strive to understand him (regardless of whether you forgive him) and see him as a complex person, then YOU dictate the form he takes within your experience.