“Revenge is the sweetest morsel to the mouth, that ever was cooked in hell.”

—  Walter Scott

The Heart of Midlothian', Ch. 30 (1818).
Source: The Heart of Mid-Lothian

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Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet 1771–1832

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