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Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.

Insult

Of all the griefs that harass the distress’d,
Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest;
Fate never wounds more deep the generous heart,
Than when a blockhead’s insult points the dart.
Dr. Johnson.—London, Line 166.