tout comprendre, c'est tout pardonner

American  

[too kawn-prahn-dr^uh, se too par-daw-ney] / tu kɔ̃ˈprɑ̃ drə, sɛ tu par dɔˈneɪ /

French.

1. to understand all is to forgive all.

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Example Sentences

But tout comprendre, c'est tout pardonner, is only partly true in this instance.

From Definitions: Essays in Contemporary Criticism by Canby, Henry Seidel

There is indeed no better confirmation of the well-known French saying tout comprendre c'est tout pardonner.

From A Letter Book Selected with an Introduction on the History and Art of Letter-Writing by Saintsbury, George

In his own way Spencer felt that "tout comprendre, c'est tout pardonner," but it has been truly said that "the natural man would rather be passionately denounced than treated as a phenomenon to be co-ordinated."

From Herbert Spencer by Thomson, J. Arthur (John Arthur)