General Absolution

Famous quotes containing the words general and/or absolution:

“As a general rule, do not kick the shins of the opposite gentleman under the table, if personally unaquainted with him; your pleasantry is liable to be misunderstood—a circumstance at all times unpleasant.”
—Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (1832–1898)

“Forgive! How many will say, “forgive,” and find
A sort of absolution in the sound
To hate a little longer!”
—Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)