“The scar of fire, the dint of steel,
Are easier than Love's wounds to heal.”
Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838) English poet and novelist
Canto II
The Troubadour (1825)
“The wound that’s made by fire will heal,
But the wound that’s made by tongue will never heal.”
— Thiruvalluvar, book Tirukkuṛaḷ
Verse XIII.9
Tirukkural
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