Famous quotes containing the words inflict, grievous and/or bodily:
“How feeble is all language to describe the horrors we inflict upon these wretches, whom we mason up in the cells of our prisons, and condemn to perpetual solitude in the very heart of our population.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)
“A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.”
—Bible: Hebrew Proverbs, 15:1.
“Men should not try to overstrain their goodness more than any other faculty, bodily or mental.”
—Samuel Butler (1835–1902)
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