Revenge Quotes
1097 quotes by 796 authors
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Debt is part of the human condition. Civilization is based on exchanges - on gifts, trades, loans - and the revenges and insults that come…
— Margaret Atwood
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The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.
— Marcus Aurelius
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To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.
— Marcus Aurelius
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A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.
— Francis Bacon
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In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.
— Francis Bacon
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Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out.
— Francis Bacon
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This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge keeps his wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well.
— Francis Bacon
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I'm pretty Sicilian if I've been crossed. I don't seek revenge, but I never forget. And I make it hard to repair, which is not…
— Amy Adams
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Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.
— James M. Barrie
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There is nothing funny about Halloween. This sarcastic festival reflects, rather, an infernal demand for revenge by children on the adult world.
— Jean Baudrillard
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Nothing inspires forgiveness quite like revenge.
— Scott Adams
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Meekness: Uncommon patience in planning a revenge that is worth while.
— Ambrose Bierce
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There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.
— Josh Billings
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They say revenge is a dish best eaten cold, but for most people, by the time it's ready to eat, they just don't fancy it…
— Jo Brand
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I choose not to give energy to the emotions of revenge, hatred or the desire to subjugate.
— Rosanne Cash
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Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury.
— Edwin Hubbel Chapin
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My former bullies pay extra to come backstage and meet me after shows, and I pretend not to know them in front of their friends.…
— Margaret Cho
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Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defense can be just.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Revenge is not always sweet, once it is consummated we feel inferior to our victim.
— Emile M. Cioran
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Revenge only engenders violence, not clarity and true peace. I think liberation must come from within.
— Sandra Cisneros
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