#injure

Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim and on his behalf demand atonement or grant forgiveness; it is the one crime in which society has a direct interest. ↗

— W. H. Auden

#behalf #crime #demand #direct #forgiveness

Never injure a friend, even in jest. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#friend #injure #jest #never

Trials are no longer about freeing the innocent, punishing the guilty, and making restitution to the injured. They have devolved into a contest over who will win. ↗

— Tammy Bruce

#contest #devolved #freeing #guilty #injured

In politics you must always keep running with the pack. The moment that you falter and they sense that you are injured, the rest will turn on you like wolves. ↗

— R. A. Butler

#falter #injured #keep #like #moment

Winning is great, but being able to finish my last Olympic Games on American soil was very important. Even though I was injured, I didn't let my psyche get the best of me and cause me to doubt myself, so I was willing to pull every muscle in my body in '96 in order to get the job done and I came away with the bronze medal. ↗

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

#american #away #being #best #body

The extent of one man's guilt may be defined by how much of it is experienced by the party he injured. ↗

— Ryszard Kapuscinski

#experienced #extent #guilt #how #injured

There are a lot of good memories, and because I was injured, during the rehab, I met my wife. The tennis was very good but the injuries were good for something too. ↗

— Richard Krajicek

#during #good #i #injured #injuries

I think I've been fortunate to be at the top of the game and in the media for years, and a lot of times, people want to be your friend when you're on the top. You know, there have been times when I've been injured and I never got a phone call. So that's the way it is. ↗

— Venus Williams

#call #fortunate #friend #game #got

If the other person injures you, you may forget the injury; but if you injure him you will always remember. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

#forget #him #injure #injures #injury

An individual, in promoting his own interest, may injure the public interest; a nation, in promoting the general welfare, may check the interest of a part of its members. ↗

— Friedrich List

#general #general welfare #his #individual #injure