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You cannot get ahead while you are getting even.
You cannot get ahead while you are getting even.
And where the offense is, let the great axe fall.
And where the offense is, let the great axe fall.
'Tis an old tale, and often told;
But did my fate and wish agree,
Ne'er had been read more
'Tis an old tale, and often told;
But did my fate and wish agree,
Ne'er had been read, in story old,
Of maiden true betray'd for gold,
That loved, or was avenged, like me!
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.
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.]
There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.
There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.
An eye for an eye would make the whole world blind.
An eye for an eye would make the whole world blind.
Live well. It is the greatest revenge.
Live well. It is the greatest revenge.
