Word - that invisible dagger.
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To Foreswear vengeance is to chain oneself to forgiveness, to flounder in pardon, to be tainted by the hatred smothered within.
Permalink to quote #95 Revenge is not always sweet, once it is consummated we feel inferior to our victim.
Permalink to quote #97 Tyranny is just what one can develop a taste for, since it so happens that man prefers to wallow in fear rather than to face the anguish of being himself.
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