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pawelk1986
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12 Feb 2013, 3:05 pm

What do this mean, i watched fringe and there was this quotation.
I learned that is from Confucius, but what that mean. Can someone explain this to me.



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12 Feb 2013, 3:13 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenge

Another proverb states: "Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves." The implication here is that a desire for revenge may ultimately hurt the seeker as much as the victim.



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12 Feb 2013, 3:14 pm

It means that if a person commits an act of vengeance against another, both people will suffer from it - one a physical death, the other a spiritual death.


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14 Feb 2013, 1:02 am

Be sure to put the right guy in there...and the person who would avenge him on the other one


...is another interpretation ;)