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.]

Well, remember what you said, because in a day or two, I'll have a witty and blistering retort! You'll be read more

Well, remember what you said, because in a day or two, I'll have a witty and blistering retort! You'll be devastated THEN!

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.

'Tis more noble to forgive, and more manly to despise, than to
revenge an Injury.

'Tis more noble to forgive, and more manly to despise, than to
revenge an Injury.

'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!

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.

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.

You cannot get ahead while you are getting even.

You cannot get ahead while you are getting even.

An eye for an eye would make the whole world blind.

An eye for an eye would make the whole world blind.