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is deserved if the accused shows themself to be irritated.

Abuse, if you slight it, will gradually die away, but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it. (Tacitus)

is either coarse or refined. The difference between the two is as the difference between being bruised by a club, and wounded by a poisoned arrow.

The difference between coarse and refined abuse is as the difference between being bruised by a club, and wounded by a poisoned arrow.

is not equivalent to criticism. One ought not abuse one's friends and expect them to consider it as such.

Don't abuse your friends and expect them to consider it criticism.

is indelible. While a torn jacket is soon mended, hard words bruise the heart of a child.

A torn jacket is soon mended... but hard words bruise the heart of a child.

is a thing which, if uttered, one must expect to receive.

If you utter abuse, you must expect to receive it.

Abuse is like a god that destroys his master.