“Revenge is a dish best served cold.”
Revenge is the dish best served cold
The popular expression “revenge is a dish best served cold” suggests that revenge is more satisfying if enacted when unexpected or long feared, inverting traditional civilized revulsion toward “cold-blooded” violence. The idea’s origin is obscure.
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My sensei interpreted that to mean that it is best to keep one’s head cool when enacting revenge, and to plan and think logically, rather than going loco.