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" REVENGE is a kind of wild justice; which the more man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out. For as for the first wrong, it doth but offend the law; but the revenge of that wrong putteth the law out of office. "
The Works of Lord Bacon: With an Introductory Essay - Page 262
by Francis Bacon - 1838
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'Thoughts that Breathe and Words that Burn,' from the Writings of Francis ...

Francis Bacon - 1893 - 304 pages
...juftice, which the more man's nature runs to, the more ought Law to weed it out. For as for the firft wrong, it doth but offend the law ; but the revenge...revenge, a man is but even with his enemy, but in pafling it over, he is fuperior ; for it is a prince's part to pardon, and Solomon, I am fure, faith,...
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Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign ...

Rev. James Wood - Quotations - 1893 - 694 pages
...justice." It is so, but without this wild austere stock there would be no justice in the world. Burke, Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which, the more...nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out. ¿incoa. Revenge is an act of passion ; vengeance, of justice. Johnson. Revenge is an inheritance of...
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Half-hours of French Translation

Alphonse Mariette - 1894 - 402 pages
...— 12 led to the glories, amena les glorieuses journeea. out : for as for the first wrong,1 it doln but offend the law, but the revenge of that wrong...Certainly, in taking revenge a man is but even with 2 his enemy ; but in passing it over,3 he is superior; for it is a prince's part to pardon; and Solomon,...
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Treasury of Thought: Forming an Encyclopædia of Quotations from Ancient and ...

Maturin Murray Ballou - Quotations, English - 1894 - 604 pages
...you can keep reason above passion, that and watchfulness will be your best defendants. — Newton. Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more...nature runs to the more ought law to weed it out. — Bacon. Neither is it safe to count upon the weakness of any man's understanding, who is thoroughly...
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The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations: English, Latin, and Modern Foreign ...

Mottoes - 1896 - 1224 pages
...Nature is a revelation of God ; Art a revelation of man. /. LONOFELI.OW — Hyperion. Bk. III. Ch. V. oyt g. BACON — Of Revenge. Sweet is revenge^-especially to women. A. BYRON— Don Juan. Canto I. St....
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Bacon's Essays

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1897 - 448 pages
...God. 4 how s inculcated 8 deeds 8 interested IV OF REVENGE REVENGE is a kinde of Wilde1 Justice, wrl^i the more Man's Nature runs to, the more ought Law...to weed it out. For as for the first Wrong, it doth btlt offend the Law; but the Revenge of that wrong putteth the Law out of Office". Certainly, in taking...
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Anarchismus und Strafrecht

Hermann Seuffert - Anarchism - 1899 - 236 pages
...dadurch erfahrungsmässig steigert. Revenge is a kind of wild justice, — schreibt Francis Bacon — which the more man's nature runs to, the more ought...revenge of that wrong putteth the law out of office. Diejenige Wirkung der Strafe, die wir einigermassen beobachten und darum beherrschen können, ist die...
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Anarchismus und Strafrecht

Hermann Seuffert - Anarchism - 1899 - 252 pages
...dadurch erfahrungsmässig steigert. Revenge is a kind of wild justice, — schreibt Francis Bacon — which the more man's nature runs to, the more ought...revenge of that wrong putteth the law out of office. Diejenige Wirkung der Strafe, die wir einigermassen beobachten und darum beherrschen können, ist die...
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The Essayes Or Counsels Civill and Morall of Francis Lo: Verulam, Viscount ...

Francis Bacon - 1900 - 382 pages
...were commonly interested therein themselves for their own ends. i, 9 Essay IV. Of Revenge ! EVENGE is a kind of wild justice; which the more man's nature...but the revenge of that wrong putteth the law out of officeT Certainly, in~ taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy ; but in passing it over, he...
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The Crimson Weed

Christopher Marie St. John - 1900 - 542 pages
...there glistened a crimson sea of foliage — rolling fields luxuriating with the weed wild justice. " Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more...nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out." But all the hoes of the world could never uproot it now. It grew before his eyes into a sanguine forest...
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