Revenge?

[andrea81]

Where does - " Revenge is a dish best served cold" come from? Is it just a saying or is it a quote from somewhere?

I've read the meaning on a similar question on AB but it doesn't say where it is from - I know it's meaning, so don't need an explanation!

[jno]

in the original Les Liaisons Dangereuses, written in 1782 (in French): "La vengeance est un plat qui se mange froid."

[VS Prasad]

Pierre Ambroise Francois Choderios de LaClos (1741-1803). He originally said it in French in his 1782 book Les Liasons Dangereuses.

http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/9/mes sages/813.html

[andrea81]

cheers all!