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Sweet is revenge--especially to women.
Sweet is revenge--especially to women.
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.
An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.
An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.
Revenge, at first though sweet,
Bitter ere long back on itself recoils.
Revenge, at first though sweet,
Bitter ere long back on itself recoils.
She (Eleanor Roosevelt) got even in a way that was almost cruel. She forgave them.
She (Eleanor Roosevelt) got even in a way that was almost cruel. She forgave them.
Revenge converts a little right into a great wrong.
Revenge converts a little right into a great wrong.
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.]
By taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in
passing over it, he is superior.
By taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in
passing over it, he is superior.
