It is better to suffer injustice than to do it.

It is better to suffer an injustice than to commit one

— Socrates

So you would rather suffer an injustice than do an injustice?

— Socrates

We are all frail-embodied creatures, who at times suffer through injustice, abuse, illness, pain and misfortune.

— Anonymous

“They say that to do injustice is, by nature, good; to suffer injustice, evil, but that the evil is greater than the good. And…

— Plato

If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.

— Democritus

Then not only custom, but also nature affirms that to do is more disgraceful than to suffer injustice, and that justice is equality.

— Plato

It is better to suffer once than to be in perpetual apprehension.

— Julius Caesar

For it is better to suffer a little want than to have too much.

— Saint Augustine

“It is better to suffer evil than to do evil.”

— Brent Weeks

“I don't know. Sometimes I think it's better to suffer bitter unhappiness and to fight and to scream out, and even to suffer that…

— Betty Smith

Our society and especially those who suffer injustice need to feel the impact of our commitment to justice and our advocacy for the vulnerable.

— Carolyn Custis James

Rather suffer an injustice than commit one.

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

You can be sure you are a man of God if you suffer injustice gladly and in silence.

— Josemaria Escriva

“[W]hen men have both done and suffered injustice and have had experience of both, not being able to avoid the one and obtain the…

— Plato

It is better for you to suffer an injustice than for the world to be without law. Therefore, let everyone submit to the law.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe