“The wounds of the spirit heal and leave no scars.”
John O'Donohue (1956–2008) Irish writer, priest and philosopher
“Even when the wound is healed, the scar remains.”
Maxim 236
Sentences, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave
Variant: Even when there is no law, there is conscience.
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