There is no satisfaction in vengeance unless the offender has time to realize who it is that strikes him, and why retribution has come upon him. (Arthur Conan Doyle)

There is no satisfaction in vengeance unless the offender has time to realize who it is that strikes him, and why retribution has come upon him.

Arthur Conan Doyle

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