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revenge men hands
A thorough-paced knave will rarely quarrel with one whom he can cheat: his revenge is plunder; therefore he is usually the most forgiving of beings, upon the principle that if he come to an open rupture, he must defend himself; and this does not suit a man whose vocation it is to keep his hands in the pocket of another. Charles Caleb Colton
revenge men insult
Injuries accompanied with insults are never forgiven: all men, on these occasions, are good haters, and lay out their revenge at compound interest.
revenge humble doubt
There are some who affect a want of affectation, and flatter themselves that they are above flattery; they are proud of being thought extremely humble, and would go round the world to punish those who thought them capable of revenge; they are so satisfied of the suavity of their own temper that they would quarrel with their dearest benefactor only for doubting it.
revenge self community
Few things are more agreeable to self-love than revenge, and yet no cause so effectually restrains us from revenge as self-love. And this paradox naturally suggests another; that the strength of the community is not unfrequently built upon the weakness of those individuals that compose it.
revenge knaves able
Revenge is a debt, in the paying of which the greatest knave is honest and sincere, and, so far as he is able, punctual.
revenge blood fever
Revenge is fever in our own blood, to be cured only by letting the blood of another; but the remedy too often produces a relapse, which is remorse--a malady far more dreadful than the first disease, because it is incurable.
revenge enemy remember
I will not be revenged, and this I owe to my enemy; but I will remember, and this I owe to myself.
revenge pay debt
By paying our other debts, we are equal with all mankind; but in refusing to pay a debt of revenge, we are superior.
revenge revenge-is-sweet get-ahead
You cannot get ahead while you are getting even. Dick Armey
want fads actors
Movies are a fad. Audiences really want to see live actors on a stage. Charlie Chaplin
want despotism shots
Have them all shot. I don't want any of my workers dissatisfied.
want please workhouses
Please, sir, I want some more. Charles Dickens
want faces misery
I want to escape from myself. For when I do start up and stare myself seedily in the face, as happens to be my case at present, my blankness is inconceivable--indescribable--my misery amazing.
want waste firsts
Hundreds would never have known want if they had not first known waste. Charles Spurgeon
want revival reverence
If we want revivals, we must revive our reverence for the Word of God.
want walks
I want to walk through life. Alanis Morissette
want wake-up illusion
If you want to stay in a state of illusion, stay in it. But you can always wake up. Alan Watts
want doe angle
I approach every part I'm asked to do and decide to do from exactly the same angle: who is this person, what does he want, how does he attempt to get it, and what happens to him when he doesn't get it, or if he does? Alan Rickman
prison
Are there no prisons?
prison
Veels vithin veels, a prison in a prison.
prison sincere pardon
Pardon ever follows sincere repentence.
prison insidious vendetta
Happiness is the most insidious prison of all. Alan Moore
prisoner our-time
We are all prisoners of our time and place. David Henry Hwang
prisoner conscience
One prisoner of conscience is one too many. Aung San Suu Kyi
prison lord i-can
I can work for the Lord in or out of prison. Charles Colson
prison
Nothing is not only nothing. It is also our prison. Antonio Porchia
prison crime capable
Crimes lead one into another; they who are capable of being forgers are capable of being incendiaries. Edmund Burke