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Revenge is an inhuman word.
[Lat., Inhumanum verbum est ultio.]
Revenge is an inhuman word.
[Lat., Inhumanum verbum est ultio.]
Revenge converts a little right into a great wrong.
Revenge converts a little right into a great wrong.
When someone is mean to me, I just make them a victim in my next book.
When someone is mean to me, I just make them a victim in my next book.
Revenge, at first though sweet,
Bitter ere long back on itself recoils.
Revenge, at first though sweet,
Bitter ere long back on itself recoils.
But men often mistake killing and revenge for justice. They seldom have the stomach for justice.
But men often mistake killing and revenge for justice. They seldom have the stomach for justice.
If I can catch him once upon the hip,
I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him.
If I can catch him once upon the hip,
I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him.
Which, if not victory, is yet revenge.
Which, if not victory, is yet revenge.
An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.
An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.
A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well.
A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well.
