Quote  Category: Justice “When one has been threatened with a great injustice, one accepts a smaller as a favour.” - Jane Welsh Carlyle (1801-1866) Letters and Memorials, 1883, entry for 21 Nov 1855 - Scottish daughter of physician, writer at age 14, married Thomas Carlyle 1826. Email this quote to a friend! If there is an error in this quote please let us know. Famous Quotes © ® All rights reserved.