A Quote by Angela Elwell Hunt
If revenge is sweet, why does it leave such a bitter taste? In disarming Peter, Christ disarmed ever knight. Turn the other cheek.
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things that have cost more than they're worth leave a bitter taste. A taste of salt and sweat.
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Like most Catholic boys, I wanted to be Jesus Christ. I could never get the turn-the-other-cheek thing down, though.
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He paused again as a tear of longing rolled from cheek to lip with the sweet-salty taste of an old memory.
If you turn the other cheek, you will get a harder blow on it than you got on the first one. This does not always happen, but it is to be expected, and you ought not to complain if it does happen.
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