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“His injury the gaoler to his pity.” William Shakespeare, Coriolanus
“Anger is uneasiness or discomposure of the mind, upon the receipt of any injury, with a present purpose of revenge.” John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
“Upon this, one has to remark that men ought either to be well treated or crushed, because they can avenge themselves of lighter injuries, of more serious ones they cannot; therefore the injury that is to be done to a man ought to be of such a...” Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
“I do myself a greater injury in lying than I do him of whom I tell a lie.” Michel de Montaigne, The Essays of Michel de Montaigne
“To oblige a friend by inflicting an injury on his enemy is often more easy than to confer a benefit on the friend himself.” Anthony Trollope, Phineas Redux
“A bruise is a lesson . . . and each lesson makes us better.” George R. R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

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