To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.

—Franklin P. Adams

About Franklin P. Adams

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Franklin Pierce Adams (November 15, 1881 – March 23, 1960) was an American columnist known as Franklin P. Adams and by his initials F.P.A. Famed for his wit, he is best known for his newspaper column, "The Conning Tower", and his appearances as a regular panelist on radio's Information Please....

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There are plenty of good five-cent cigars in the country. The trouble is they cost a quarter. What this country needs is a good five-cent nickel.

—Franklin P. Adams

Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody.

—Franklin P. Adams

Seeing ourselves as others see us would probably confirm our worst suspicions about them.

—Franklin P. Adams

When the political columnists say 'Every thinking man' they mean themselves, and when candidates appeal to 'Every intelligent voter' they mean everybody who is going to vote for them.

—Franklin P. Adams

I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way.

—Franklin P. Adams

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More quotations tagged with “forgiveness”

If you haven't forgiven yourself something, how can you forgive others?

—Dolores Huerta

Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself.

To know all is not to forgive all. It is to despise everybody.

—Quentin Crisp

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When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized that the Lord doesn't work that way, so I stole one and asked for forgiveness.

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Sometimes letting go and forgiving others and yourself is the only way to move forward in life.

—J.S. Cooper in The Other Side of Love

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