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| Hoyt & Roberts, comps. Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922. |
| Injury |
| ’Twas he Gave heat unto the injury, which returned Like a petard ill lighted, unto the bosom Of him gave fire to it. Beaumont—Fair Maid of the Inn. Act II. | 1 |
| Accipere quam facere injuriam præstat. It is better to receive than to do an injury. Cicero—Tusculanarum Disputationum. V. 19. | 2 |
| Wit’s an unruly engine, wildly striking Sometimes a friend, sometimes the engineer. Herbert—Church Porch. | 3 |
| Plerumque dolor etiam venustos facit. A strong sense of injury often gives point to the expression of our feelings. Pliny the Younger—Epistles. III. 9. | 4 |
| Aut potentior te, aut imbecillior læsit: si imbecillior, parce illi; si potentior, tibi. He who has injured thee was either stronger or weaker. If weaker, spare him; if stronger, spare thyself. Seneca—De Ira. III. 5. | 5 |
| For ’tis the sport to have the engineer Hoist with his own petar. Hamlet. Act III. Sc. 4. | 6 |
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