Alexandre DumasMoral wounds have this peculiarity - they may be hidden, but they never close; always painful, always ready to bleed when touched, they remain fresh and open in the heart.
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Moral wounds have this peculiarity - they may be hidden, but they never close; always painful, always ready to bleed when touched, they remain fresh and open in the heart. This quote captures a sense of humanity that is both admirable and terrifying. It speaks to the fact that our moral nature is very fragile and easily damaged. We are all capable of doing things that are wrong.
Sometimes those things can have lasting consequences for those around us. We often hide those things from others because we don’t want to cause them pain or embarrassment. In reality though, those things never go away.
The wounds that we cause remain even as we try to forget about them and pretend that we never did anything wrong at all.
Source: The Count Of Monte Cristo
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