Quotes of Wince - somelinesforyou

“ A fly may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still. ”

- Samuel Johnson

“ In the fell clutch of circumstance, I have not winced nor cried aloud: Under the bludgeoning of chance my head is bloody, but unbowed. ”

- William Ernest Henley

“ There are moments in life when all that we can bear is the sense that our friend is near us; our wounds would wince at consoling words that would reveal the depths of our pain. ”

- Honore de Balzac

“ Will you tell me my fault, frankly as to yourself, for I had rather wince, than die. Men do not call the surgeon to commend the bone, but to set it, Sir. ”

- Emily Dickinson

“ Let us maintain our ability to wince as a people of faith. ”

- Leon Good
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