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And where the offense is, let the great axe fall.
And where the offense is, let the great axe fall.
That old law about "an eye for an eye" leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the read more
That old law about "an eye for an eye" leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing.
An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.
An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.
There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.
There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.
Revenge is often like biting a dog because the dog bit you.
Revenge is often like biting a dog because the dog bit you.
Sweet is revenge--especially to women.
Sweet is revenge--especially to women.
Revenge converts a little right into a great wrong.
Revenge converts a little right into a great wrong.
Revenge... is like a rolling stone, which, when a man hath forced up a hill, will return upon him with read more
Revenge... is like a rolling stone, which, when a man hath forced up a hill, will return upon him with a greater violence, and break those bones whose sinews gave it motion.
There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state to another, nothing read more
There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state to another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness. We must have felt what it is to die, that we may appreciate the enjoyments of life.