Meaning of revenge is sweet | Babel Free

Definitions

Said when one is satisfied in taking revenge.

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Examples

“[…]wee can force no anſwere from him, but (Ô reuenge, how ſweet art thou! I will ſtrangle him in this towell)[…]”

“The ci-devant marquis was caught disguised in her apartment. She betrayed for him a good, easy friend of the people who had long loved her, and revenge is sweet.”

“All revenge is sweet; but what revenge so sweet to any man as that which came to his arms of its own accord? I do notice that men can't read men, but any woman can read a woman.”

“With base deceit / You worked upon our feelings! / Revenge is sweet, / And flavours all our dealings!”

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