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  1. Oct 2013
    1. Revenge, too, is pleasant; it is pleasant to get anything that it is painful to fail to get, and angry people suffer extreme pain when they fail to get their revenge; but they enjoy the prospect of getting it. Victory also is pleasant, and not merely to "bad losers," but to every one; the winner sees himself in the light of a champion, and everybody has a more or less keen appetite for being that.

      Holy shit, this took a dark turn. This must have been Aristotle's Hot Topic Jr. High phase. At least someone has the balls to say revenge is sweet. I take it back, I love this.