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'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.
You cannot get ahead while you are getting even.
You cannot get ahead while you are getting even.
Which, if not victory, is yet revenge.
Which, if not victory, is yet revenge.
Revenge is often like biting a dog because the dog bit you.
Revenge is often like biting a dog because the dog bit you.
An eye for an eye would make the whole world blind.
An eye for an eye would make the whole world blind.
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.
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.
Behold, on wrong
Swift vengeance waits; and art subdues the strong.
Behold, on wrong
Swift vengeance waits; and art subdues the strong.
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.