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It is better to receive than to do an injury.
[Lat., Accipere quam facere injuiam praestat.]
It is better to receive than to do an injury.
[Lat., Accipere quam facere injuiam praestat.]
Justice consists of doing no one injury, decency in giving no one offense.
Justice consists of doing no one injury, decency in giving no one offense.
He that flings dirt at another dirtieth himself the most.
He that flings dirt at another dirtieth himself the most.
We are completely in bed with the Israelis to the detriment
of the wellbeing of the Palestinians
spoken on the read more
We are completely in bed with the Israelis to the detriment
of the wellbeing of the Palestinians
spoken on the Diane Rehm Show.
Abuse a man unjustly and you will make friends for him.
Abuse a man unjustly and you will make friends for him.
An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.
An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.
It costs more to revenge injuries than to bear them.
It costs more to revenge injuries than to bear them.
For 'tis the sport to have the enginer
Hoist with his own petar, and 't shall go hard
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For 'tis the sport to have the enginer
Hoist with his own petar, and 't shall go hard
But I will delve one yard below their mines
And blow them at the moon.
They've cut out their tongues and
the larks can no longer sing
the birds can no longer fly
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They've cut out their tongues and
the larks can no longer sing
the birds can no longer fly
they've cut off their wings
and in their next lives
larks and birds will become
those who've cut off
larks' tongues and bird wings.