Certainly, in taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy, but in passing it over, he is superior; for it is a prince's part to pardon.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.
Revenge is not a noble sentiment, but it is a human one.
Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out.
We have peace with God as soon as we believe, but not always with ourselves. The pardon may be past the prince's hand and seal, and yet not put into the prisoner's hand.
A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward.
A man must fortify himself and understand that a wise man who yields to laziness or anger or passion or love of drink, or who commits any other action prompted by impulse and inopportune, will probably find his fault condoned; but if he stoops to greed, he will not be pardoned, but render himself odious as a combination of all vices at once.
It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently is nothing short of criminal.
Revenge is not always sweet, once it is consummated we feel inferior to our victim.
It is up to God to take revenge. Only God can judge. I don't have to worry about getting even with anybody or taking out any kind of aggression on anybody. Doing that is a weakness, anyway.
There is but one pride pardonable; that of being above doing a base or dishonorable action.
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