蒼蠅在一個人的禿頭上咬了一口。憤怒的人對著蒼蠅狠狠地拍了下去，結果蒼蠅逃走了，傷到了自己。蒼蠅嘲笑那人： “你想要懲罰的是我，又何必為了我而懲罰你自己呢？ ”那人回答說： “我會原諒自己無意的過失；即使我付出了代價，但是我仍然要懲罰你這個討厭的家夥！ ”
複仇很可能會傷到自己。
A Fly bit the bare head of a Bald Maave himself a heavy slap. Esg，the Fly said mogly，“You who have wished te，evehe Prick of a ti，see what you have doo yourself to add insult to injury?” The Bald Man replied，“I easily make peace with myself，beow there was o hurt. But you，an ill-favored aible i who delights in sug human blood，I wish that I could have killed you even if I had incurred a heavier penalty.”
Revenge will hurt the avenger.