Hoyt & Roberts, comps. Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922.
Retaliation
Ich bin gewohnt in der Münze wiederzuzahlen in der man mich bezahlt.
I am accustomed to pay men back in their own coin.
Bismarck—To the Ultramontanes. (1870).
Repudiate the repudiators.
Wm. P. Fessenden. Presidential Canvass of 1868.
And would’st thou evil for his good repay?
Homer—Odyssey. Bk. XVI. L. 448. Pope’s trans.
She pays him in his own coin.
Swift—Polite Conversation. Dialogue III.