A dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)

remedy see also DESPERATE diseases must have desperate remedies.
remember see feed a DOG for three days and he will remember your kindness for three years . . .
removal see THREE removals are as bad as a fire.
renewal see the QUARREL of lovers is the renewal of love.
repair see a WOMAN and a ship ever want mending.
repeat see HISTORY repeats itself.
repent see MARRY in haste and repent at leisure.
rest see (noun) a CHANGE is as good as a rest; (verb) AFTER dinner rest a while, after supper walk a mile.
return see a BAD penny always turns up; the DOG returns to his vomit; the TONGUE always returns to the sore tooth.
REVENGE is a dish that can be eaten cold
Vengeance need not be exacted immediately; but cf. 1620 T. SHELTON tr. Cervantes’ Don Quixote II. lxiii. Reuenge is not good in cold bloud.

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  1885 C. LOWE Prince Bismarck I. iv. He had defended Olmutz, it is true, but.. with a secret resolution to ‘eat the dish of his revenge cold instead of hot’. 1895 J. PAYN In Market Overt xvii. Invective can be used at any time; like vengeance, it is a dish that can be eaten cold. 1975 J. O’FAOLAIN Women in Wall iii. Revenge.. is a meal that’s as tasty cold as hot. Tastier cold sometimes. 1997 Washington Post 6 Nov. E6 Revenge is a dish best served cold. Let’s see what happens one of these cold Octobers. 2007 Times 14 Sept. 34 They say that revenge is a dish best served cold but I think that now has been trumped by Mrs T. For yesterday revenge was served with tea and cakes. ■ patience and impatience; revenge
  

REVENGE is sweet
C f . HOMER Iliad XVIII. 109 ■■ y.^h->v
j; _t?.-: .м?-anger.. that far sweeter than trickling honey wells up
like smoke in the breasts of men.
□1566 W. PAINTER Palace of Pleasure 300 Vengeance is sweete vnto him, which in place of killing his enemy, giueth life to a perfect frende. 1609 JONSON SilentWoman IV. V. O reuenge, how sweet art thou! 1658 Whole Duty of Man XVI. 346 ‘Tis a devilish phrase in the mouth of men, that revenge is sweet. .. Is it possible there can be any such sweetnesse in it? 1775 SHERIDAN St. Patrick’s Day II. 22 ‘Revenge is sweet’.. and though disappointed of my designs upon your daughter, . . I’m revenged on her unnatural father. 1861 H. KINGSLEY Ravenshoe II. x. Revenge is sweet—to some. Not to him. 1980 J. PORTER Dover beats Band xv. He came to the conclusion that though revenge may be sweet, knowledge . . is better than money in the bank. ■revenge