It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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With segregation, with the isolation of the injured and the robbed, comes the concentration of disadvantage.
Ta-Nehisi CoatesTa-Nehisi Coates He threatens many that hath injured one.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson Well, wolves will pretty rarely hunt. You’re vulnerable if you’re on your own or injured. But for lone wolves, get up high, show them that you’re not injured, face ’em off, be authoritarian with it, and look ’em in the eye.
Bear GryllsBear Grylls It all started when I got injured early in my second season. This turned out to be as difficult emotionally as physically.
Magic JohnsonMagic Johnson A feeling of having been injured, on which his mind can brood from hour to hour, allowing him to plead his own cause in his own court, within his own heart, and always to plead it successfully.
Anthony TrollopeAnthony Trollope Anything injured, or any unusual creature somebody found, they would always come to our doorstep.
Sylvia EarleSylvia Earle One who kill, own life will be shortened; One who harms, will be injured even more
Akkineni NagarjunaAkkineni Nagarjuna One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice; and it is not right to return an injury, or to do evil to any man, however much we have suffered from him.
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