[Ads-l] Proverb: If you seek revenge and you should dig two graves

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Back in June 2016 I initiated a thread about the saying in the subject line.
http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2016-June/142739.html

Now the Quote Investigator website has an entry on this topic.
https://quoteinvestigator.com/2019/07/07/two-graves/

[Begin acknowledgement]
Great thanks to Joseph Esposito whose inquiry led QI to formulate this
question and perform this exploration. Special thanks to the
participants on a discussion thread at the Language Log blog on this
topic. The thread was initiated by Victor Mair, and Janet provided
valuable citations for William Elliot Griffis in 1876 and for "A
Handbook of Colloquial Japanese" in 1889. Many thanks to Benjamin
Barrett for pointing to the Language Log blog thread and for his
comments on Chinese and Japanese. All errors are the responsibility of
QI.
[End acknowledgement]

Feedback welcome
Garson

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