“Personal injury is a more serious matter than damage to property.”
Sir Alexander Cockburn, 12th Baronet (1802–1880) Lord Chief Justice
Reg. v. Heppinstale (1859), 7 W. R. 178.
“I know that in a pure heart a wicked person does more damage than a hailstorm in a vineyard.”
Dario, Act II, scene ii.
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Variant: Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart; for his purity, by definition, is unassailable.
Source: Nobody Knows My Name