Quotes about revenge

"You cannot go ahead while you are getting even."

Armey, Dick on revenge
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"A man who contemplates revenge keeps his wounds green."

Bacon, Francis on revenge   

"Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out."

Bacon, Francis on revenge   

"Something of vengeance I had tasted for the first time; as aromatic wine it seemed, on swallowing, warm and racy: its after-flavor, metallic and corroding, gave me a sensation as if I had been poisoned."

Bronte, Charlotte on revenge
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"Some people would rather get even instead of get ahead."

Brown, Les on revenge
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"Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves."

Confucius on revenge
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"Just vengeance does not call for punishment."

Corneille, Pierre on revenge   

"An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind."

Gandhi, Mahatma on revenge
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"When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her."

Guitry, Sacha on revenge
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"You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him."

Holtz, Lou on revenge
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"While seeking revenge, dig two graves -- one for yourself."

Horton, Doug on revenge
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"One good act of vengeance deserves another."

Jefferson, John on revenge
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"Revenge is the act of passion, vengeance is an act of justice."

Johnson, Samuel on revenge
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"What ever the motive for the insult, it is always best to overlook it; for folly doesn't deserve resentment, and malice is punished by neglect."

Johnson, Samuel on revenge   

"Revenge is always the weak pleasure of a little and narrow mind."

Juvenal, (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) on revenge
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"Don't get mad, get even."

Kennedy, Robert F. on revenge
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"That old law about an eye for an eye leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing."

King Jr. Martin Luther on revenge
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"She [Eleanor Roosevelt] got even in a way that was almost cruel. She forgave them."

McGill, Ralph on revenge
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"And, re-assembling our afflicted powers, consult how we may henceforth most offend."

Milton, John on revenge   

"Surviving well is your finest revenge."

Nito, Morgan on revenge
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"Revenge is often like biting a dog because the dog bit you."

O'Malley, Austin on revenge
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"The best manner of avenging ourselves is by not resembling him who has injured us."

Porter, Jane on revenge   

"Revenge converts a little right into a great wrong."

Proverb, German on revenge   

"Revenge is barren of itself: it is the dreadful food it feeds on; its delight is murder, and its end is despair."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on revenge   

"What should a wise person do when given a blow? Same as Cato when he was attacked; not fire up or revenge the insult., or even return the blow, but simply ignore it."

Seneca on revenge
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"Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot that it do singe yourself."

Shakespeare, William on revenge   

"If you prick us do we not bleed? If you tickle us do we not laugh? If you poison us do we not die? And if you wrong us shall we not revenge?"

Shakespeare, William on revenge
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"Revenge is the naked idol of the worship of a semi-barbarous age."

Shelley, Percy Bysshe on revenge   

"The best revenge is massive success."

Sinatra, Frank on revenge
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"No more tears now; I will think upon revenge."

Stuart, Mary on revenge
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"No revenge is so heroic than that which torments envy by doing good."

Unknown, Source on revenge   

"Revenge has no more quenching effect on emotions than salt water has on thirst."

Weckler, Walter on revenge
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"Success is the sweetest revenge."

Williams, Vanessa on revenge
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"Say No! Accept the burdens of revenge. "

Stojanovic, Dejan on revenge   

"Evil is always devising more corrosive misery through man's restless need to exact revenge out of his hate."

Steadman, Ralph on revenge   

"“Nothing inspires forgiveness quite like revenge.”"

Adams, Scott on revenge
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"I am a Jew. Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions; fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, healed by the same means, warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer as a Christian is? If you prick us do we not bleed? If you tickle us do we not laugh? If you poison us do we not die? And if you wrong us shall we not revenge? If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that. If a Jew wrong a Christian, what is his humility? Revenge. If a Christian wrong a Jew, what should his sufferance be by Christian example? Why, revenge. The villainy you teach me I will execute, and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction. (III.i.49–61) The Merchant of Venice"

Shakespeare, William on revenge