Injured

Famous quotes containing the word injured:

    Men sometimes feel injured by praise because it assigns a limit to their merit; few people are modest enough not to take offense that one appreciates them.
    Luc, Marquis de Vauvenargues (1715–1747)

    Nor jealousy
    Was understood, the injured lover’s hell.
    John Milton (1608–1674)

    If we have injured someone, giving him the opportunity to make a joke about us is often enough to provide him personal satisfaction, or even to win his good will.
    Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)