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He jests at scars that never felt a wound.
He jests at scars that never felt a wound.
 The private wound is deepest. O time most accurst,
 'Mongst all foes that a friend should be the worst!  
 The private wound is deepest. O time most accurst,
 'Mongst all foes that a friend should be the worst! 
 The wound is for you, but the pain is for me.
 [Fr., La blessure est pour vous, la douleur read more 
 The wound is for you, but the pain is for me.
 [Fr., La blessure est pour vous, la douleur est pour moi.] 
 A wound will perhaps become tolerable with length of time; but 
wounds which are raw shudder at the touch read more 
 A wound will perhaps become tolerable with length of time; but 
wounds which are raw shudder at the touch of the hands.
 [Lat., Tempore ducetur longo fortasse cicatrix;
  Horrent admotas vulnera cruda manus.] 
 What deep wounds ever closed without a scar?
 The hearts bleed longest, and but heal to wear
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 What deep wounds ever closed without a scar?
 The hearts bleed longest, and but heal to wear
  That which disfigures it. 
How he in peace is wounded, not in war.
How he in peace is wounded, not in war.
 The wound of peace is surety,
 Surety secure; but modest doubt is called
  The beacon of the read more 
 The wound of peace is surety,
 Surety secure; but modest doubt is called
  The beacon of the wise, the tent that searches
   To th' bottom of the worst. 
 Safe in a ditch he bides,
 With twenty trenched gashes on his head,
  The least a death read more 
 Safe in a ditch he bides,
 With twenty trenched gashes on his head,
  The least a death to nature. 
What wound did ever heal but my degrees?
What wound did ever heal but my degrees?