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eye for an eye



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An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind, as Mahatma Gandhi allegedly said.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 15, 2024

This principle is best summarized in the line “an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.”

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

It shouldn’t be about an eye for an eye, or that old saw about the enemy of my enemy is my friend.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 18, 2021

You don't believe in the eye for an eye?

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2019

"An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind, Herr Zeiger," says Benno.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti




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