Revenge is barren of itself: it is the dreadful food it feeds on; its delight is murder, and its end is despair. (Friedrich Schiller)

Revenge is barren of itself: it is the dreadful food it feeds on; its delight is murder, and its end is despair.

Friedrich Schiller

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