We read in Scripture of three sorts of arrows:
The arrow of an enemy
The arrow of pestilence
And the arrow of a slanderous tongue;
The two first kill the body,
The last the good name;
The two former leave a man when he is once dead,
But the last mangles him in his grave.
Anne Bradstreet, Meditation XXXV (Three Arrows)
03 Friday Feb 2017
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