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 Kill Not. Cause no pain.
Mahavira, founder of the Jain religion.  
 Kill Not. Cause no pain.
Mahavira, founder of the Jain religion. 
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.
An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.
An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.
 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.] 
 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. 
 Wit's an unruly engine, wildly striking
 Sometimes a friend, sometimes the engineer:
  Hast thou the knack? pamper read more 
 Wit's an unruly engine, wildly striking
 Sometimes a friend, sometimes the engineer:
  Hast thou the knack? pamper it not with liking;
   But if thou want it, buy it not too deare
    Many affecting wit beyond their power,
     Have got to be a deare fool for an houre. 
 'Twas he
 Gave heat unto the injury, which returned
  Like a petard ill lighted, unto the bosom
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 'Twas he
 Gave heat unto the injury, which returned
  Like a petard ill lighted, unto the bosom
   Of himn gave fire to it. 
 They've cut out their tongues and
the larks can no longer sing
the birds can no longer fly
they've cut read more 
 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. 
There are some cases. . . in which the sense of injury breeds --not the will to inflict injuries and read more
There are some cases. . . in which the sense of injury breeds --not the will to inflict injuries and climb over them as a ladder, but --a hatred of all injury.