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To reprove a harm-doer, put him to shame by doing a good deed in return.

The wound made by hurting with fire will heal but the wound created by harsh words uttered using out...

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She did not suspect that the Abbess was even there hovering about the house, herself estimating the ...

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Thornton WilderThe Bridge of San Luis Rey

Fashions have done more harm than revolutions.

The natural principle of war is to do the most harm to our enemy with the least harm to ourselves an...

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In like manner, if I let myself believe anything on insufficient evidence, there may be no great har...

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William Kingdon CliffordThe Ethics of Belief and Other Essays

I have no fear of ghosts, and I have never heard it said that so much harm had been done by the dead...

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It neither kills outright nor inflicts apparent physical harm, yet the extent of its destructive tol...

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Ashley MontaguThe Dehumanization Of Man

All too often women believe it is a sign of commitment, an expression of love, to endure unkindness ...

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All things can be deadly to us, even the things made to serve us; as in nature walls can kill us, an...

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If there is a god, or hundreds of them, I hope they will forgive me for the harm I may have inflicte...

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I regard monotheism as the greatest disaster ever to befall the human race. I see no good in Judaism...

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He's only harming himself who's bent upon harming another

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HesiodTheogony/Works and Days

As to diseases, make a habit of two things — to help, or at least, to do no harm.

The physician must be able to tell the antecedents, know the present, and foretell the future — must...

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The object of this Essay is to assert one very simple principle, as entitled to govern absolutely th...

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If perchance a friend should betray you; if he forms a subtle plot to get hold of what is yours; if ...

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Know how to rank your beliefs not according to their plausibility but by the harm they may cause.

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Nassim Nicholas TalebThe Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

When I think of all the harm [the Bible] has done, I despair of ever writing anything to equal it.

A man who preserves his integrity no real, long-lasting harm can ever come.

Poetry at its best can do you a lot of harm.