Without being forgiven, released from the consequences of what we have…

Hannah Arendt
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Without being forgiven, released from the consequences of what we have done, our capacity to act would, as it were, be confined to one single deed from which we could never recover; we would remain the victims of its consequences forever. ✨ Hannah Arendt (2013). The Human Condition: Second Edition, p.237, University of Chicago Press
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