#wounds

A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#green #his #keeps #man #own

This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge keeps his wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#green #heal #his #keeps #man

The anguish of the neurotic individual is the same as that of the saint. The neurotic, the saint are engaged in the same battle. Their blood flows from similar wounds. But the first one gasps and the other one gives. ↗

— Georges Bataille

#battle #blood #engaged #first #flows

I have been wounded altogether twenty times; eleven of these wounds were received at Northfield. ↗

— Cole Younger

#been #eleven #i #received #these

All honor's wounds are self-inflicted. ↗

— Andrew Carnegie

#self-inflicted #wounds

Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more. ↗

— Agatha Christie

#corner #crawl #dogs #into #lick

Let those only return to their homes who are called by the imperative duties which they owe to their families, and those who by their glorious wounds have deserved the credit of their country. ↗

— Giuseppe Garibaldi

#country #credit #deserved #duties #families

As the criminal, sinful war in Iraq enters its third year, the president goes to Europe to heal the wounds between the United States and its former allies, on his own terms of course. ↗

— Andrew Greeley

#between #course #criminal #enters #europe

I write about wounds, the eternal treasons of life. It's not very funny, but it's sincere. My commitment is to sincerity. ↗

— Tahar Ben Jelloun

#commitment #eternal #funny #i #i write

Even if severe wounds are given, the Indian has many chances in his favor, for his organization is somewhat different from that of white men, and he recovers easily from wounds that would kill any European outright. ↗

— Edward Burnett Tylor

#chances #different #easily #european #even