Vengeance taken will often tear the heart and torment the conscience. …

Arthur Schopenhauer
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Vengeance taken will often tear the heart and torment the conscience. ✨ Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). Religion, a Dialogue, Etc: Top of Schopenhauer, p.46, 谷月社
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Vengeance taken will often tear the heart and torment the conscience. ✨ Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). Religion, a Dialogue, Etc: Top of Schopenhauer, p.46, 谷月社

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