{"id":1262,"date":"2014-11-29T10:45:01","date_gmt":"2014-11-29T10:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=1262"},"modified":"2014-11-29T10:45:01","modified_gmt":"2014-11-29T10:45:01","slug":"forgive-forget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/forgive-forget\/","title":{"rendered":"Forgive, Forget"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cAlways forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.\u201d
\n\u2015 Oscar Wilde<\/a><\/p>\n

Those who stand against you, to your face, behind your back
\nDon’t let them make your life bitter, with every snide attack:
\nForgive them for their folly: they know not what they do…
\nTruth is they are but jealous of the essence that is you!
\nWhen you do so you become happy, they see you are not sad:
\nSo forgive all of your enemies: and drive them flipping mad!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cAlways forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.\u201d \u2015 Oscar Wilde Those who stand against you, to your face, behind your back Don’t let them make your life bitter, with every snide attack: Forgive them for their folly: they know not what they do… Truth is they are but …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[621],"tags":[1428,1429,1430],"class_list":["post-1262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inspirations-from-quotations","tag-thoughtfortoday","tag-forgiveness","tag-oscar-wide-quote","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-km","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":208,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/madiba-farewell-mandela\/","url_meta":{"origin":1262,"position":0},"title":"Madiba – Farewell Mandela","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"5th December 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Mandela, farewell a fond world bids you, You, who by many names in your time were known President and prisoner, commoner and king, Your home a prison cell, from a Tribal Throne. 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