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Revenge (n.) amounts ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠to: since he injured himself by wronging me, shall I not injure myself by wronging him?

Revenge (n.) was ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠declined by Lycurgus: handed the youth who had blinded his eye, he educated him and returned him to the city a good citizen.

Revenge (n.) wins ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠in Medea not because she is overpowered but because she judges it worth more than her children's safety; show her the mistake and she will drop it.

Revenge (n.) declined ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠— Lycurgus, blinded in one eye and handed the culprit, raised him into a good man: "I received him insolent; I return him to you reasonable and public-spirited."

Revenge (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the mistake of a great soul that looks for its power outside itself: Medea killed her children because she never learned that getting what you wish cannot come from rearranging things.