The best revenge is to die well

bluedolphin | 08:34 Thu 23rd Jan 2003 | Phrases & Sayings

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Recently read this phrase in a detective novel. Has it been around or did the author make it up?

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"Living well is the best revenge" is a standard proverb and has been for about 400 years. It seems that your detective-story writer was simply putting a clever reversal onto the thought it contains. It's rather like the statement that goes: "If a thing is worth doing, it's worth doing badly."

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