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Revenge is an inhuman word.
[Lat., Inhumanum verbum est ultio.]
Revenge is an inhuman word.
[Lat., Inhumanum verbum est ultio.]
And where the offense is, let the great axe fall.
And where the offense is, let the great axe fall.
Revenge is a confession of pain
Revenge is a confession of pain
One sole desire, one passion now remains
To keep life's fever still within his veins,
Vengeance! dire read more
One sole desire, one passion now remains
To keep life's fever still within his veins,
Vengeance! dire vengeance on the wretch who cast
O'er him and all he lov'd that ruinous blast.
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.
An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.
An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.
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.
Those who plot the destruction of others often perish in the
attempt.
Those who plot the destruction of others often perish in the
attempt.
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.