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1672 second part of John Dryden’s heroic drama The Conquest of Granada

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Pardon, trust after wrongdoing, shame, revenge, political conflict and the danger of treating a villain’s aphorism as neutral moral advice.

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“Forgiveness to the injured does belong; But they ne’er pardon, who have done the wrong.”
John Dryden · The Conquest of Granada, Part II · 1672
Voice: Fictional character · Zulema

Zulema cynically suggests that pardon belongs to the person who was harmed while the wrongdoer may remain trapped in shame or hostility; the drama immediately undercuts him by showing that he plans fresh deception.

Source note: The Conquest of Granada, Part II, The Works of John Dryden, Volume IV, Project Gutenberg #15349. Zulema speaks after being pardoned and immediately proposes “feigned honesty” to regain trust, making this a compromised character perspective rather than Dryden’s direct moral instruction.