"Revenge is a dish best served cold"

[James Smith]

--- "Douglas G. Wilson" <douglas at NB.NET> wrote:
> >REVENGE IS A DISH BEST SERVED COLD
>
> This is said to be from Pierre Ambroise Francois
> Choderios de LaClos, _Les
> Liaisons Dangereuses_ (1782): "La vengeance est un
> plat qui se mange froid".
>
> -- Doug Wilson

I did a search through Les
Liaisons Dangereuses for the words "revanche",
"vengeance", "plat", "mange", and "froid" but could
find nothing even remotely resembling this phrase.


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James D. SMITH                 |If history teaches anything
SLC, UT                        |it is that we will be sued
jsmithjamessmith at yahoo.com     |whether we act quickly and decisively
                               |or slowly and cautiously.

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