Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.

Wound

Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,
Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike.
Pope.—Epi. to Arbuthnot.

The private wound is deepest.
Shakespeare.—Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act V. Scene 4. (Valentine to Proteus.)