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Good heavens, are you still trying to win? You've got an overdeveloped sense of vengeance, that's going to get you in trouble someday.
— Count Rugen • The Princess Bride
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker expresses mocking surprise that the other person hasn't given up trying to win, and diagnoses an excessive appetite for revenge. The tone is condescending, treating persistence as a flaw, and ends with a confident prediction that this grudge will eventually bring the addressee trouble.
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