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By taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in
passing over it, he is superior.
Author:
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Revenge is a kind of wild justice; which the more man's nature
runs to, the more ought law to weed it out.
Author: Francis Bacon
Source: Of Revenge
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Women do most delight in revenge.
Author: Sir Thomas Browne
Source: Christian Morals (part III, sec. XII)
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Sweet is revenge--especially to women.
Author: Lord Byron (George Gordon Noel Byron)
Source: Don Juan (canto I, st. 124)
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Anyone can rat, but it takes a certain amount of ingenuity to
re-rat.
Author: Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (3)
Source: on rejoining the Conservatives 20 years after leaving the Liberals
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'Tis more noble to forgive, and more manly to despise, than to
revenge an Injury.
Author: Benjamin Franklin
Source: Poor Richard
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Revenge is profitable.
Author: Edward Gibbon
Source: Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (ch. XI)
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It [revenge] is sweeter far than flowing honey.
Author: Homer ("Smyrns of Chios")
Source: The Iliad (XVIII, 109)
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Behold, on wrong
Swift vengeance waits; and art subdues the strong.
Author: Homer ("Smyrns of Chios")
Source: The Odyssey (bk. VIII, l. 367), (Pope's translation)
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Revenge is sweeter than life itself. So think fools.
[Lat., At vindicta bonum vita jucundius ipsa nempe hoc indocti.]
Author: Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenal)
Source: Satires (XIII, 180)
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Revenge is always the weak pleasure of a little and narrow mind.
[Lat., Semper et infirmi est animi exiguique voluptas Ultio.]
Author: Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenal)
Source: Satires (XIII, 189)
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No one rejoices more in revenge than woman.
[Lat., Vindicta
Nemo magis gaudet quam foemina.]
Author: Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenal)
Source: Satires (XIII, 191)
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Which, if not victory, is yet revenge.
Author: John Milton
Source: Paradise Lost (bk. II, l. 105)
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Revenge, at first though sweet,
Bitter ere long back on itself recoils.
Author: John Milton
Source: Paradise Lost (bk. IX, l. 171)
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I will not leave you until I have seen you hanged.
[Fr., Je ne te quitterai point que je ne t'aie vu pendu.]
Author: Jean Baptiste Poquelin Moliere
Source: Le Medecin Malgre Lui (III, 9)
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One sole desire, one passion now remains
To keep life's fever still within his veins,
Vengeance! dire vengeance on the wretch who cast
O'er him and all he lov'd that ruinous blast.
Author: Thomas Moore
Source: Lalla Rookh--The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan
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Those who plot the destruction of others often perish in the
attempt.
Author: Thomas Moore
Source: Lalla Rookh--The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan
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Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]
Author: Phaedrus (Thrace of Macedonia)
Source: Fables--Appendix (VI, 11)
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All the old knives
That have rusted in my back, I drive in yours.
Author: Phaedrus (Thrace of Macedonia)
Source: Fables--Appendix (VI, 11)
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'Tis an old tale, and often told;
But did my fate and wish agree,
Ne'er had been read, in story old,
Of maiden true betray'd for gold,
That loved, or was avenged, like me!
Author: Sir Walter Scott
Source: Marmion (canto II, st. 27)
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Vengeance to God alone belongs;
But, when I think of all my wrongs
My blood is liquid flame!
Author: Sir Walter Scott
Source: Marmion (canto Vi, st. 7)
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Revenge is an inhuman word.
[Lat., Inhumanum verbum est ultio.]
Author: Seneca (Lucius Annaeus Seneca)
Source: De Ira (II, 31)
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And where the offense is, let the great axe fall.
Author: William Shakespeare
Source: Hamlet Prince of Denmark (King at IV, v)
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If I can catch him once upon the hip,
I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him.
Author: William Shakespeare
Source: The Merchant of Venice (Shylock at I, ii)
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If it will feed nothing else, it will feed my revenge.
Author: William Shakespeare
Source: The Merchant of Venice (Shylock at III, i)
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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.
Author: Martin Luther King Jr.
Source: None
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Live well. It is the greatest revenge.
Author: The Talmud
Source: None
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She (Eleanor Roosevelt) got even in a way that was almost cruel. She forgave them.
Author: Ralph McGill
Source: None
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Revenge converts a little right into a great wrong.
Author: German Proverb
Source: None
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In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.
Author: Francis Bacon
Source: None
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You cannot get ahead while you are getting even.
Author: Dick Armey
Source: None
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One good act of vengeance deserves another.
Author: John Jefferson
Source: None
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A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well.
Author: Francis Bacon
Source: None
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Little, vicious minds abound with anger and revenge, and are incapable of feeling the pleasure of forgiving their enemies.
Author: Earl of Chesterfield
Source: None
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Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.
Author: Samuel Johnson
Source: None
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Revenge has no more quenching effect on emotions than salt water has on thirst.
Author: Walter Weckler
Source: None
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Revenge is often like biting a dog because the dog bit you.
Author: Austin O'Malley
Source: None
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Life being what it is, one dreams of revenge.
Author: Paul Gauguin
Source: None
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No more tears now; I will think about revenge.
Author: Mary, Queen of Scots
Source: None
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Just vengeance does not call for punishment.
Author: Pierre Corneille
Source: None
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Don't get mad, get even.
Author: Robert F. Kennedy
Source: None
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Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.
Author: George Bernard Shaw
Source: None
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Revenge is the naked idol of the worship of a semi-barbarous age.
Author: Percy Bysshe Shelley
Source: None
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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.
Author: Charlotte Bronte
Source: None
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