“Stab the body and it heals, but injure the heart and the wound lasts a lifetime.”
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“The wound that’s made by fire will heal,
But the wound that’s made by tongue will never heal.”
Verse XIII.9
Tirukkural

Speech in Potsdam (21 March 1933), quoted in The Times (26 September 1939), p. 9
1930s
As quoted in "The Role of Their Dreams" http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/07/fashion/07dreams.html?pagewanted=2 by Sarah Kershaw, in The New York Times (May 6, 2009)