"revenge is a dish best served cold"
2006-06-05 12:24:25 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
"La vengeance est un plat qui se mange froid."
by: Pierre Ambrose Choderlos de Laclos
in the play: Les Liaisons Dangereuses (1782)
but, of course, it has been quoted and paraphrased in modern works many, many time.
2006-06-05 14:18:16 · answer #1 · answered by Fogjazz49-Retired 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Pierre Ambroise Francois Choderios de LaClos (1741-1803). He originally said it in French in his 1782 book Les Liasons Dangereuses: "La vengeance est un plat qui se mange froid."
2006-06-06 09:12:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know it first from Star Trek, as a saying the Klingons would occasionally come out with. Could well have been used before then, though.
2006-06-05 12:27:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe FogJazz above is right but ex-girlfriends of mine have used it many, many times.
2006-06-05 14:36:24 · answer #4 · answered by Rick 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ancient Chinese proverb
2006-06-05 12:28:53 · answer #5 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
latin proverb
2006-06-05 13:09:52 · answer #6 · answered by cmhurley64 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋