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. Certainly, in taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior; for it is a prince's part to pardon.
And Solomon, I am sure, saith, It is the glory of a man, to pass by an offence. That which is past is gone, and irrevocable（不可改变的）; and wise men have enough to do, with things present and to come; therefore they do but trifle with themselves, that labor in past matters. There is no man doth a wrong, for the wrong's sake; but thereby to purchase himself profit, or pleasure, or honor, or the like. Therefore why should I be angry with a man, for loving himself better than me? And if any man should do wrong, merely out of ill-nature, why, yet it is but like the thorn or briar（荆棘）, which prick and scratch, because they can do no other. The most tolerable sort of revenge, is for those wrongs which there is no law to remedy; but then let a man take heed, the revenge be such as there is no law to punish; else a man's enemy is still before hand, and it is two for one. Some, when they take revenge, are desirous, the party should know, whence it cometh. This is the more generous. For the delight seemeth to be, not so much in doing the hurt, as in making the party repent. But base and crafty cowards, are like the arrow that flieth in the dark. Cosmus, duke of Florence, had a desperate saying against perfidious（背信弃义的） or neglecting friends, as if those wrongs were unpardonable; You shall read (saith he) that we are commanded to forgive our enemies; but you never read, that we are commanded to forgive our friends. But yet the spirit of Job was in a better tune: Shall we (saith he) take good at God's hands, and not be content to take evil also? And so of friends in a proportion. This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge, keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal, and do well. Public revenges are for the most part fortunate; as that for the death of Caesar; for the death of Pertinax; for the death of Henry the Third of France; and many more. But in private revenges, it is not so. Nay rather, vindictive（怀恨的） persons live the life of witches; who, as they are mischievous（陶气的）, so end they infortunate.
相关单词：labor
labor解释：n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦
labor例句：
We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。
相关单词：thereby
thereby解释：adv.因此，从而
thereby例句：
I have never been to that city,,ereby I don't know much
He became a British citizen,thereby gaining the right to vote.他成了英国公民，因而得到了投票权。
相关单词：prick
prick解释：v.刺伤，刺痛，刺孔；n.刺伤，刺痛
prick例句：
He felt a sharp prick when he stepped on an upturned nail.当他踩在一个尖朝上的钉子上时，他感到剧烈的疼痛。
He burst the balloon with a prick of the pin.他用针一戳，气球就爆了。
相关单词：heed
heed解释：v.注意，留意；n.注意，留心
heed例句：
You must take heed of what he has told.你要注意他所告诉的事。
For the first time he had to pay heed to his appearance.这是他第一次非得注意自己的外表不可了。
相关单词：repent
repent解释：v.悔悟，悔改，忏悔，后悔
repent例句：
He has nothing to repent of.他没有什么要懊悔的。
Remission of sins is promised to those who repent.悔罪者可得到赦免。
相关单词：crafty
crafty解释：adj.狡猾的，诡诈的
crafty例句：
He admired the old man for his crafty plan.他敬佩老者的神机妙算。
He was an accomplished politician and a crafty autocrat.他是个有造诣的政治家，也是个狡黠的独裁者。
相关单词：perfidious
perfidious解释：adj.不忠的，背信弃义的
perfidious例句：
Their feet will trample on the dead bodies of their perfidious aggressors.他们将从背信弃义的侵略者的尸体上踏过。
Your perfidious gossip is malicious and dangerous.你说的那些背信弃义的话是很刻毒险恶的。
相关单词：tune
tune解释：n.调子；和谐，协调；v.调音，调节，调整
tune例句：
He'd written a tune,and played it to us on the piano.他写了一段曲子，并在钢琴上弹给我们听。
The boy beat out a tune on a tin can.那男孩在易拉罐上敲出一首曲子。
相关单词：nay
nay解释：adv.不；n.反对票，投反对票者
nay例句：
He was grateful for and proud of his son's remarkable,nay,unique performance.他为儿子出色的，不，应该是独一无二的表演心怀感激和骄傲。
Long essays,nay,whole books have been written on this.许多长篇大论的文章，不，应该说是整部整部的书都是关于这件事的。
相关单词：vindictive
vindictive解释：adj.有报仇心的，怀恨的，惩罚的
vindictive例句：
I have no vindictive feelings
The vindictive little girl tore up her sister's papers.那个充满报复心的小女孩撕破了她姐姐的作业。
相关单词：mischievous
mischievous解释：adj.调皮的，恶作剧的，有害的，伤人的
mischievous例句：
He is a mischievous but lovable boy.他是一个淘气但可爱的小孩。
A mischievous cur must be tied short.恶狗必须拴得短。
