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by Pierre Corneille    ( comments )

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He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be so; and
insolence, if unpunished, increases!
[Lat., Qui more

He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be so; and
insolence, if unpunished, increases!
[Lat., Qui se laisse outrager, merite qu'on l'outrage
Et l'audace impunie enfle trop un courage.]

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by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe    ( comments )

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No sacred fane requires us to submit to insult.
[Ger., Kein Heiligthum heisst uns den Schimpf ertragen.]

No sacred fane requires us to submit to insult.
[Ger., Kein Heiligthum heisst uns den Schimpf ertragen.]

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by Phaedrus (thrace Of Macedonia)    ( comments )

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What wilt thou do to thyself, who hast added insult to injury?
[Lat., Quid facies tibi,
Injuriae more

What wilt thou do to thyself, who hast added insult to injury?
[Lat., Quid facies tibi,
Injuriae qui addideris contumeliam?]

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by Plautus (titus Maccius Plautus)    ( comments )

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If you speak insults you will hear them also.
[Lat., Contumelian si dices, audies.]

If you speak insults you will hear them also.
[Lat., Contumelian si dices, audies.]

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by Seneca (lucius Annaeus Seneca)    ( comments )

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It is often better not to see an insult than to avenge it.
[Lat., Saepe satius fuit dissimulare quam more

It is often better not to see an insult than to avenge it.
[Lat., Saepe satius fuit dissimulare quam ulcisci.]

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