An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.

An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.

Abuse is the weapon of the vulgar

Abuse is the weapon of the vulgar

Government is force, legalized plunder.

Government is force, legalized plunder.

More than 90 percent of all the prisoners in our American prisons have been abused as children.

More than 90 percent of all the prisoners in our American prisons have been abused as children.

I believe every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don't intend to waste any of mine

I believe every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don't intend to waste any of mine

When I step out of the role you have written for me
you make me feel like a plagiarist.
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When I step out of the role you have written for me
you make me feel like a plagiarist.
from the play Jake's Women.

A wounded deer leaps highest,
I've heard the hunter tell;
'Tis but the ecstasy of death,
And then the brake read more

A wounded deer leaps highest,
I've heard the hunter tell;
'Tis but the ecstasy of death,
And then the brake is still.
The smitten rock that gushes,
The trampled steel that springs,,
A cheek is always redder
Just where the hectic stings
Mirth is mail of anguish,
In which its cautious arm
Lest anybody spy the blood
And, you're hurt exclaim.

I never yet heard man or woman much abused that I was not inclined to think the better of them, read more

I never yet heard man or woman much abused that I was not inclined to think the better of them, and to transfer the suspicion or dislike to the one who found pleasure in pointing out the defects of another.

Abuse is the weapon of the vulgar.

Abuse is the weapon of the vulgar.