![The wounded limb shrinks from the slightest touch; and a slight shadow alarms the nervous.
[Lat., Membra reformidant mollem quoque saucia tactum:
Vanaque sollicitis incutit umbra metum.]](/assets/img/quote-photos/the-wounded-limb-shrinks-from-the-slightest-touch-and-a-slight-shadow-alarms-the.jpg)
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