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Quotation from Essays by Francis Bacon
“REVENGE is a kind of wild justice; which the more man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out”
Essays, Essay IV, Of Revenge (1625 text, modernized spelling (Project Gutenberg #575))
Bacon, a lawyer, sets private vengeance against the rule of law.
Citation: "REVENGE is a kind of wild justice; which the more man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out" — Francis Bacon, Essays, Essay IV, Of Revenge (1625 text, modernized spelling (Project Gutenberg #575)). (id essays-bacon-q6)
Virtues: Justice
Portrait: Portrait of Francis Bacon., Paul van Somer I / Formerly attributed to Frans Pourbus the Younger, Public domain.
