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How use doth breed a habit in a man!

      — The Two Gentleman of Verona, Act V Scene 4

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KEYWORD: revenge

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Timon of Athens
[III, 4]

Second Servant

1238

No matter what; he's poor, and that's revenge
enough. Who can speak broader than he that has no
house to put his head in? such may rail against
great buildings.

2

Timon of Athens
[III, 5]

First Senator

1347

You cannot make gross sins look clear:
To revenge is no valour, but to bear.

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