A week or so ago, I heard some news, which I recounted gleefully to my friend as 'gossip'. It aroused secretly spiteful thoughts in my head which I acknowledged, even at the time, as shameful.
I genuinely regretted my thoughts, even though they could be said to be 'only human' and not long afterwards this phrase popped into my head.
Spite despoils the spiteful.
I hope to be able to keep this thought in mind!
