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Injury Quotes - Page 6

A scar nobly got is a good livery of honor.

William Shakespeare, Capel Lofft (1812). “Aphorisms from Shakespeare; arranged according to the plays,&c. With a preface and notes, etc. [By C. Lofft.]”, p.94

A dead body revenges not injuries.

William Blake, William Butler Yeats (2002). “Collected Poems”, p.166, Psychology Press

Better to inflict pain on myself than to let other people do it.

Tracy Thompson (2014). “The Beast: A Journey Through Depression”, p.175, Diversion Books

The stream of Time, which is continually washing the dissoluble fabrics of other poets, passes without injury by the adamant of Shakespeare.

William Shakespeare, Isaac Reed, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens, Charlotte L. Fish (1817). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: In Ten Volumes ; with the Corrections and Illustrations of Dr. Johnson, G. Steevens, and Others”, p.31

Laws teach us to know when we commit injury and when we suffer it.

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy (1825). “The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay”, p.611

A readiness to resent injuries is a virtue only in those who are slow to injure.

Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1848). “The Dramatic Works of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan: With a Memoir of His Life”, p.513

Why are we, the most medicalized of societies, a culture in pain?

Marni Jackson (2012). “Pain: The Fifth Vital Sign”, p.5, A&C Black

The injury of words. Yes, the brutality of words.

Markus Zusak (2016). “The Book Thief: 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.193, Random House