"In taking revenge upon our enemies, we are only even with them; in passing over their malice we are superior."

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Source : Mrs.charlotte lennox. (1762). “Sophia”, p.139

Charlotte Lennox

#Forgiveness Quotes #Revenge Quotes #Enemy Quotes

“For rarely are sons similar to their fathers: most are worse, and a few are better than their fathers.”
“Sometimes when you record an album in the end, there are things here and there you regret production wise or in composition.”
“But I had a very traditional background as well. My parents are neat people.”
“I would argue that coffee has been far more important to literature than alcohol.”
“People who work on the user interface side need to have empathy as a key characteristic. But if you are writing device drivers you don't really need to understand humans so well.”
“No long-term marriage is made easily, and there have been times when I've been so angry or so hurt that I thought my love would never recover.”
“If winter is slumber and spring is birth, and summer is life, then autumn rounds out to be reflection. It's a time of year when the leaves are down and the harvest is in and the perennials are gone. Mother Earth just closed up the drapes on another year and it's time to reflect on what's come before.”

Source : "Northern Exposure (Thanksgiving)". TV Series, November 23, 1992.
“History is made by those who say no.”

Source : Jon Savage (2011). “England's Dreaming”, p.510, Faber & Faber

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