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 Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
 [Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]  
 Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
 [Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.] 
Revenge has no more quenching effect on emotions than salt water has on thirst.
Revenge has no more quenching effect on emotions than salt water has on thirst.
 Anyone can rat, but it takes a certain amount of ingenuity to 
re-rat.  
 Anyone can rat, but it takes a certain amount of ingenuity to 
re-rat. 
 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. 
 All the old knives
 That have rusted in my back, I drive in yours.  
 All the old knives
 That have rusted in my back, I drive in yours. 
 No one rejoices more in revenge than woman.
 [Lat., Vindicta
  Nemo magis gaudet quam foemina.]  
 No one rejoices more in revenge than woman.
 [Lat., Vindicta
  Nemo magis gaudet quam foemina.] 
It [revenge] is sweeter far than flowing honey.
It [revenge] is sweeter far than flowing honey.
One good act of vengeance deserves another.
One good act of vengeance deserves another.
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.