I liked finding dirt on people. It made all my trespasses seem trivial.
I resisted the temptation to turn around and stick out my tongue in derision at Beliquose. After all, there was no telling when or if we should meet again, and I certainly did not need him saying, 'Ah yes, Poe, the fellow whose trespasses i could have forgiven in their entirety. . . except for the tongue thing. Yes, for that, you must surely die. '
Forgive us all, for we all have trespasses.
What antidote can there be for an idea that popular and poisonous? Revenge provides revenge, which is sure to provide revenge, forming an endless chain of human misery. Here's the antidote: Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. Amen.
Dogs are here to remind us life really is a simple thing. You eat, sleep, take walks, and pee when you must. That's about all there is. They are quick to forgive trespasses and assume strangers will be kind.
O Lord! he concluded, forgive all these trespasses. Lead me not into Penn Station.
Forgive us our trespasses," says Margarethe, "and get out of our way.
I chose to believe that God, a benign God, would understand our sufferings and forgive us our trespasses.
Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us.
