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Cursed art thou for thou art an injurer of friends,—of friends, because friendship is seven-paced.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan

Your enemy may become your friend,—your injurer may do you justice,—but Time is inexorable, and has no mercy.

From How to Succeed or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune by Marden, Orison Swett

They constitute a pair; that teaches us to forgive the injurer; and this to help the injured.

From The Parables of Our Lord by Arnot, William

"But," retorted the dwarf, "my injurer is smaller than I am."—A dolt sat on a stone.

From The Book of Delight and Other Papers by Abrahams, Israel

The injurer and the injured negotiated, through mediators, as to a suitable indemnification, and with the conclusion of the treaty the enmity terminated.

From Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. II. by Freytag, Gustav