Ad Meliora?

Immature is the heart of a man who has not yet experienced the frigid sting of betrayal... But even more immature and sinful is the heart of a man who has not learned how to forgive!

You call me a heartless fiend for what I have done but if I am guilty, then you are too! 

— The Judgement of Yabua the Traitor by Idrea Maseth 

A funny thing, the topic of forgiveness. Too many people considered it a virtue to be able to forgive and let go of past grudges and transgressions, despite the fact that most people were incapable of doing it themselves.

Or more accurately, most people have no interest in actually forgiving other people.

"Quite a paradox, no? That people venerate a concept that they don't even really care about. But that's what people are at their core — irrational, paradoxical, and generally unpredictable," said Reed as he peered out of the open window in Lu'um's bedchamber.