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What do you mean by "why such things don't usually work"? Do you mean why the promise of "delight" at getting back doesn't happen or doesn't last?
It's easy. Vengeance, anger, "getting even" are destructive both outwardly and inwardly. No true delight or happiness can arise from it. To think otherwise is to be delusional.
People are better off dealing with the anger rather than using it. I have yet to meet anybody who uses anger and happens to be a happy and balanced person in the long run.
Vengeance is a game. If you want to give into the whims of emotions, go ahead. I'd rather seek a better way to live my life.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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