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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 should-have creative
We should have just killed him, that's a lesson, don't get creative with revenge China Mieville
imitation repetition observation
We learn by observation, imitation and repetition. Denis Waitley
imitation equal predecessors
To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth. Baltasar Gracian
imitation acquire
It is by imitation, far more than by precept, that we learn everything; and what we learn thus, we acquire not only more effectually, but more pleasantly. Edmund Burke
imitation wit poorest
Borrowed wit is the poorest wit. Johann Kaspar Lavater
imitation rudeness strength weak
Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength Eric Hoffer
imitation absurdity copies
The only good copies are those which make us see the absurdity of bad originals. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
imitation envious
I’m the only authentic Vlad. Everyone else is merely an envious imitation. Jeaniene Frost
imitation conviction
Who has no own conviction dissipates himself in the imitation of others. Ernst Moritz Arndt
imitation raised contrast
By close inspection... you will discover the manner of handling the artifices of contrast, glazing, and other expedients, by which good colorists have raised the value of their tints, and by which nature has been so happily imitated. Joshua Reynolds
refrain
Sometimes, you must refrain from doing things you want so bad. Toba Beta