“Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.”
As quoted in Quote, Unquote (1989) by Jonathan Williams, p. 136
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German poet and writer 1772–1801Related quotes

From Amritanandamayi's Speech Against Human Trafficking and Slavery at the Vatican (2014)

“The wound that’s made by fire will heal,
But the wound that’s made by tongue will never heal.”
Verse XIII.9
Tirukkural
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)

“Time heals all wounds.”
Diem adimere aegritudinem hominibus.
Truly from Terentius, Heautontimorumenos, Act III, scene i
Misattributed
“The wounds of the spirit heal and leave no scars.”

“Sometimes the greatest wounds are the ones we try the hardest not to inflict.”
Source: Narcissus in Chains
“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.