
“Revenge is a dish that tastes best when served cold.”
Variant: Revenge is a dish which taste best when served cold.
Source: The Godfather
Source: Twenties Girl
“Revenge is a dish that tastes best when served cold.”
Variant: Revenge is a dish which taste best when served cold.
Source: The Godfather
“Revenge is a dish best served unexpectedly and from a distance - like a thrown trifle.”
Source: Twilight Robbery
“Revenge is a dish best eaten cold.”
La vengeance est un plat qui se mange froid.
Commonly said to be from Les liaisons dangereuses, but not found there.
Misattributed
“My two favorite dishes. I never get enough. Of course, both must be the best.”
On seeing a buffet table with only two dishes, enormous bowls of caviar, and platters of hot dogs.
National Review, Jan 22, 1988 by Schuyler Chapin http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_n1_v40/ai_6284435/
“Strength enough to build a home,
Time enough to hold a child,
Love enough to break a heart”
1990s, Moab is My Washpot (autobiography, 1997)
Remaking the world, The Speeches of Frank N.D. Buchman, Blandford Presss 1947, revised 1958, p. 46
Moral attitude