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Revenge converts a little right into a great wrong.
Revenge converts a little right into a great wrong.
Revenge is an inhuman word.
[Lat., Inhumanum verbum est ultio.]
Revenge is an inhuman word.
[Lat., Inhumanum verbum est ultio.]
It [revenge] is sweeter far than flowing honey.
It [revenge] is sweeter far than flowing honey.
Which, if not victory, is yet revenge.
Which, if not victory, is yet revenge.
An eye for an eye would make the whole world blind.
An eye for an eye would make the whole world blind.
Revenge, at first though sweet,
Bitter ere long back on itself recoils.
Revenge, at first though sweet,
Bitter ere long back on itself recoils.
Revenge is a kind of wild justice; which the more man's nature
runs to, the more ought law to read more
Revenge is a kind of wild justice; which the more man's nature
runs to, the more ought law to weed it out.
Revenge is sweeter than life itself. So think fools.
[Lat., At vindicta bonum vita jucundius ipsa nempe hoc indocti.]
Revenge is sweeter than life itself. So think fools.
[Lat., At vindicta bonum vita jucundius ipsa nempe hoc indocti.]
An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.
An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.
