John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
1936 Franis Baon 1561-1626 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 1936 |
| AUTHOR: | Francis Bacon (1561–1626) |
| QUOTATION: | Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more man’s nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Of Revenge. |