This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge keeps his wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
He that studieth revenge keepeth his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well.
A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.
He that wounds himself, even though he has not the right, is not culpable; but if others have wounded him, they are culpable.
Grave was the man in years, in looks, in word, his locks were grey, yet was his courage green.
Men should be either treated generously or destroyed, because they take revenge for slight injuries - for heavy ones they cannot.
Men ought either to be indulged or utterly destroyed, for if you merely offend them they take vengeance, but if you injure them greatly they are unable to retaliate, so that the injury done to a man ought to be such that vengeance cannot be feared.
Men are more prone to revenge injuries than to requite kindness.
The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.
It takes a lot to wound a man without illusions.
If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.