Abuse Quotes

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He who has provoked the lash of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it. - James Boswell quote.
He who has provoked the lash of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it.

wit

The human race...tends to remember the abuses to which it has been subjected rather than the endearments.  What's left of kisses?  Wounds however leave scars. - Bertolt Brecht quote.
The human race...tends to remember the abuses to which it has been subjected rather than the endearments.  What's left of kisses?  Wounds however leave scars.
Abuse is the weapon of the vulgar.
Abuse is an indirect species of homage. - William Hazlitt quote.
Abuse is an indirect species of homage.
The difference between coarse and refined abuse is as the difference between being bruised by a club, and wounded by a poisoned arrow. - Samuel Johnson quote.
The difference between coarse and refined abuse is as the difference between being bruised by a club, and wounded by a poisoned arrow.
A wound from a tongue is worse than a wound from a sword: for the latter affects only the body, the former the spirit.
Pythagoras Pythagoras: His Life and Teachings
When political ammunition runs low, inevitably the rusty artillery of abuse is wheeled into action. - Wallace Stevens quote.
When political ammunition runs low, inevitably the rusty artillery of abuse is wheeled into action.

politics

Whipping and abuse are like laudanum: you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline. - Harriet Beecher Stoew quote.
Whipping and abuse are like laudanum: you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline.