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Revenge, at first though sweet,
Bitter ere long back on itself recoils.
Revenge, at first though sweet,
Bitter ere long back on itself recoils.
An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.
An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.
Revenge is an inhuman word.
[Lat., Inhumanum verbum est ultio.]
Revenge is an inhuman word.
[Lat., Inhumanum verbum est ultio.]
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.
No more tears now; I will think about revenge.
No more tears now; I will think about revenge.
Which, if not victory, is yet revenge.
Which, if not victory, is yet revenge.
Revenge converts a little right into a great wrong.
Revenge converts a little right into a great wrong.
In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.
In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.
