“Curse away!
And let me tell thee, Beauseant, a wise proverb
The Arabs have,—"Curses are like young chickens,
And still come home to roost."”

—  Edward Bulwer-Lytton , The Lady of Lyons

The Lady of Lyons (1838), Act v, Scene ii.

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