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Women do most delight in revenge.
Women do most delight in revenge.
Revenge, at first though sweet,
Bitter ere long back on itself recoils.
Revenge, at first though sweet,
Bitter ere long back on itself recoils.
Which, if not victory, is yet revenge.
Which, if not victory, is yet revenge.
If I can catch him once upon the hip,
I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him.
If I can catch him once upon the hip,
I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him.
If it will feed nothing else, it will feed my revenge.
If it will feed nothing else, it will feed my revenge.
I will not leave you until I have seen you hanged.
[Fr., Je ne te quitterai point que je read more
I will not leave you until I have seen you hanged.
[Fr., Je ne te quitterai point que je ne t'aie vu pendu.]
And where the offense is, let the great axe fall.
And where the offense is, let the great axe fall.
Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.
Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.
A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well.
A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well.