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You are not permitted to kill a woman who has wronged you, but nothing forbids you to reflect that she is growing older every minute.

Ambrose Bierce (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)”, p.1223, Delphi Classics
You are not permitted to kill a woman who has wronged you, but nothing forbids you to reflect that she is growing older every minute.