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What are some good fables or parables about wanting revenge so much that someone does something that hurts ...?

... hurts themself even more?

You know the old saying "He'd cut off his nose to spite his face?"

That kind of meaning in a very short tale.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    The Count of Monte Cristo - he almost looses his family and his life for revenge

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Poe's Cask of Amontillado. Guy becomes a murderer over some perceived insult.

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