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  What it means

  “Revenge is the pleasure of the gods.” Used to justify or savour an act of revenge. Often said with irony or dark humour after getting back at someone.

  Vocabulary

  • zemsta — revenge, vengeance
  • rozkosz — delight, pleasure
  • bogów — of the gods (genitive plural)

  Cultural context

  A well-known Polish saying, also the title of a famous 19th-century comedy by Aleksander Fredro.

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