There is no satisfaction in vengeance unless the offender has time to …

Arthur Conan Doyle
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There is no satisfaction in vengeance unless the offender has time to realize who it is that strikes him, and why retribution has come upon him. ✨ Arthur Conan Doyle (2003). A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of Four, p.82, Courier Corporation
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There is no satisfaction in vengeance unless the offender has time to realize who it is that strikes him, and why retribution has come upon him. ✨ Arthur Conan Doyle (2003). A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of Four, p.82, Courier Corporation

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