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Quotation by Francis Bacon
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Advancement of Learning (1605)An Essay on DeathApophthegms (1625)Apothegms (1624)Essays (1597-1625)Related Subjects
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Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out.
Francis Bacon (1561–1626), British philosopher, essayist, statesman. "Of Revenge," Essays (1597-1625).
"A man that studieth revenge," Bacon added later in the essay, "keeps his own wounds green."
"A man that studieth revenge," Bacon added later in the essay, "keeps his own wounds green."
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