Distant Injuries

Famous quotes containing the words distant and/or injuries:

“For present joys are more to flesh and blood
Than a dull prospect of a distant good.”
—John Dryden (1631–1700)

“The only thing of weight that can be said against modern honour is that it is directly opposite to religion. The one bids you bear injuries with patience, the other tells you if you don’t resent them, you are not fit to live.”
—Bernard Mandeville (1670–1733)