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An absolutely necessary part of a writer's equipment, almost as necessary as talent, is the ability to stand up under punishment, both the punishment the world hands out and the punishment he inflicts upon himself. ↗

— Irwin Shaw

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But this is not to say that the society which inflicts capital punishment commits murder. ↗

— Benjamin Tucker

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If the United States is hit with a weapon of mass destruction that inflicts large casualties, the Constitution will likely be discarded in favor of a military form of government. ↗

— Tommy Franks

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The disease which inflicts bureaucracy and what they usually die from is routine. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

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The mind is the result of the torments the flesh undergoes or inflicts upon itself. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

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It is almost the definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain. ↗

— John Henry Newman

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It is almost a definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain. ↗

— John Henry Newman

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