Avenging Quote by Jane Porter

The best manner of avenging ourselves is by not resembling him who has injured us.

— Jane Porter

Man has no greater enemy than himself. I have acted contrary to my sentiments and inclination; throughout our whole lives we do what we…

— Petrarch

Men ought either to be indulged or utterly destroyed, for if you merely offend them they take vengeance, but if you injure them greatly…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

The good or evil we confer on others very often, I believe, recoils on ourselves; for as men of a benign disposition enjoy their…

— Henry Fielding

In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.

— Francis Bacon

“It would be a great mistake to suppose that it is sufficient not to become personal yourself. For by showing a man quite quietly…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

By taking revenge a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing over it he is superior.

— Denise Clark

The best way of avenging thyself is not to become like the wrong-doer.

— Marcus Aurelius

“The best way to avenge yourself is to not be like that.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 6.6 “How much better to heal than seek revenge…

— Ryan Holiday

He who wishes to revenge injuries by reciprocal hatred will live in misery. But he who endeavors to drive away hatred by means of…

— Anonymous

In taking revenge upon our enemies, we are only even with them; in passing over their malice we are superior.

— Charlotte Lennox

That a person cannot and consequently will not defend himself, does not yet cast disgrace upon him in our eyes ; but we despise…

— Friedrich Nietzsche