Jeremy Taylor Quotes
Revenge... is like a rolling stone, which, when a man hath forced up a hill, will return upon him with a greater violence, and break those bones whose sinews gave it motion.
Taylor, Jeremy. The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor, D.D. Edited by Reginald Heber, vol. 2, Ogle, Duncan, and Co., 1822, p. 473.
While the idea is not new with Cianci, the particularly colorful expression has yet to be rivaled.
See Robert Southey for the later version 400 years later which is more familiar to us.
Jeremy Taylor (1613–1667) was a cleric in the Church of England who achieved fame as an author during the Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell. He is sometimes known as the "Shakespeare of Divines" for his poetic style of expression, and he is frequently cited as one of the greatest prose writers in the English language. He is remembered in the Church of England's calendar of saints with a Lesser Festival on 13 August.
