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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.
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.
Live well. It is the greatest revenge.
Live well. It is the greatest revenge.
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.
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.
Life being what it is, one dreams of revenge.
Life being what it is, one dreams of revenge.
It [revenge] is sweeter far than flowing honey.
It [revenge] is sweeter far than flowing honey.
There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.
There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.
Revenge, at first though sweet,
Bitter ere long back on itself recoils.
Revenge, at first though sweet,
Bitter ere long back on itself recoils.