Spiritual Experiences (Odhner) n. 1488

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1488. About the punishment of those who enjoy revenge

There are some who take such pleasure in revenge that, as they themselves describe it, nothing is more delicious than to take revenge, to be gripped by a passion for vengeance. They even call it "delights," and hardly want to express it by any other term.


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