Quote by George Eliot
There are some cases in which the sense of injury breeds -- not th

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. – George Eliot

Other quotes by George Eliot

A womans heart must be of such a size and no larger, else it must be pressed small, like Chinese feet her happiness is to be made as cakes are, by a fixed recipe. – George Eliot

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Happiness
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Im proof against that word failure. Ive seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure of cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best. – George Eliot

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best
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Hurt, Injury
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When a mans life is destroyed or damaged by some wound or privation of soul or body, which is due to other mens actions or negligence, it is not only his sensibility that suffers but also his aspiration toward the good. Therefore there has been sacrilege towards that which is sacred in him. – Simone Weil

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Hurt, Injury

Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as secrets to reveal. A scar is what happens when the word is made flesh. – Leonard Cohen

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Hurt, Injury

Dont agonize. Organize. – Florynce R. Kennedy

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Hurt, Injury

Once victim, always victim — thats the law! – Thomas Hardy

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Hurt, Injury

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It was just him and me. He fought with honor. If it werent for his honor, he and the others would have beaten me together. They might have killed me, then. His sense of honor saved my life. I didnt fight with honor… I fought to win. – Orson Scott Card

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Its hard to be funny when you have to be clean. – Mae West

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