If I can catch him once upon the hip, I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him.
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People often grudge others when they cannot enjoy themselves.
aesopI have in this War a burning private grudge which would probably make me a better soldier at 49 than I was at 22: against that ruddy little ignoramus Adolf Hitler (for the odd thing about demonic inspiration and impetus is that it in no way enhances the purely intellectual stature: it chiefly affects the mere will). Ruining, perverting, misapplying, and making for ever accursed, that noble northern spirit, a supreme contribution to Europe , which I have ever loved, and tried to present in its true light .
j. r. r. tolkienWhenever he saw a dollar in another man's hands he took it as a personal grudge if he couldn't take it any other way.
O Henry pseudonym of William Sydney PorterPotter bears a grudge against potter, and craftsman against craftsman, and beggar is envious of beggar, and bard of bard.
hesiodPolitics, as I never tire of saying, is for social and emotional misfits, handicapped folk, those with a grudge. The purpose of politics is to help them overcome these feelings of inferiority and compensate for their personal inadequacies in the pursuit of power.
All gifts but one the jealous God may keep From our soul's longing, one he cannot—sleep. This, though he grudge all other grace to prayer, This grace his closed hand cannot choose but spare.
algernon charles swinburneWhen you hold a grudge, you want someone else's sorrow to reflect your level of hurt but the two rarely meet.
steve maraboliAll gifts but one the jealous God may keep From our soul's longing, one he cannot sleep. This, though he grudge all other grace to prayer, This grace his closed hand cannot choose but spare.
algernon charles swinburneI understand the bombings brought the war to its end. I think it was something that couldn't be helped. [...] Luckily Hokkaid? was not occupied. In the worst case, Hokkaido could have been taken by the Soviet Union. [...] I don't hold a grudge against the United States.