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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.
It costs more to revenge injuries than to bear them.
It costs more to revenge injuries than to bear them.
He who has injured thee was either stronger or weaker. If
weaker, spare him; if stronger, spare thyself.
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He who has injured thee was either stronger or weaker. If
weaker, spare him; if stronger, spare thyself.
[Lat., Aut potentior te, aut imbecillior laesit: si imbecillior,
barce ille; si potentior, tibi.]
He that flings dirt at another dirtieth himself the most.
He that flings dirt at another dirtieth himself the most.
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.
Where there is injury let me sow pardon.
Where there is injury let me sow pardon.
Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.
Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.
A strong sense of injury often gives point to the expression of
our feelings.
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A strong sense of injury often gives point to the expression of
our feelings.
[Lat., Plerumque dolor etiam venustos facit.]
