“Before you enbark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.”
Sara Shepard book Perfect
Source: Perfect
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“Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.”
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Misattributed, Not Chinese
“The grave will fall in upon him who digs it.”
Leonardo Da Vinci (1452–1519) Italian Renaissance polymath
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XIX Philosophical Maxims. Morals. Polemics and Speculations.
Percy Bysshe Shelley Prometheus Unbound
Prometheus, Act I, l. 638
Prometheus Unbound (1818–1819; publ. 1820)
Stanisław Jerzy Lec (1909–1966) Polish writer
"He who had dug his own grave", from To Abel and Cain, commemorating his escape from the Nazis by his 1943 killing of an SS guard who had been assigned to watch as he dug his own grave, as quoted in "10 Amazing Ways People Survived The Holocaust" by Alan Boyle at Listverse (9 November 2014) http://listverse.com/2014/11/09/10-amazing-ways-people-survived-the-holocaust/
“A fool will seek revenge, the wise man will allow God's karma.”
Keshia Chante (1988) Canadian actor and musician
Hello Magazine (2009)
“Any actress who appears in public without being well-groomed is digging her own grave.”
Joan Crawford (1904–1977) American actress
“Whoever finishes a revolution only halfway, digs his own grave.”
Act I.
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“Do not seek revenge and call it justice.”
Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Princess
Source: Clockwork Princess