Diogenes Laërtius (biograher of philosophers and philosophy)

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AUTHOR: Diogenes Laërtius (fl. early 3d cent.)
QUOTATION: Heraclitus says that Pittacus, when he had got Alcæus into his power, released him, saying, "Forgiveness is better than revenge."
ATTRIBUTION: Pittacus. iii.

Note 1. Quoted by Epictetus (Fragment lxii.), "Forgiveness is better than punishment; for the one is the proof of a gentle, the

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for·give

VERB:
for·gave, for·giv·en, for·giv·ing , for·gives
VERB:
tr.

To excuse for a fault or an offense; pardon.
To renounce anger or resentment against.
To absolve from payment of (a debt, for example).
VERB:
intr.

To accord forgiveness. for·give