Quote by Jonathan Safran Foer

“Revenge—no, nothing as petty as that; justice for the deaths of hundreds of thousands—was the focus now.”

— Christie Golden

“There is not much mental distance between a feeling of having been screwed and the ethic of total retaliation, or at least the kind…

— Hunter S. Thompson

“An act of revenge is deeply inhumane, and in any case, this action, is driven from a low affect.”

— Sir Kristian Goldmund Aumann

“If I expect nothing of you, it will be far easier to forgive your offenses than if I place my whole world in your…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

“In the long run, every man will pay the penalty for his own misdeeds. The man who remembers this will be angry with no…

— Epictetus

“An apology is only as good as the actions that follow it.”

— Carlos Wallace

“What was the point of revenge if not to repay such an infamous insult in full?”

— Miranda Davis

“It was gone now, the little smile, the glee that Spite gives. The Small-mindedness. The Self-righteousness. The Sadism. The four ‘S’s of revenge.”

— Jo Nesbø

“Revenge is the pleasure of a small feeble mind -- I read that somewhere back in college.”

— Anonymous

“We forgive the crimes of individuals, but not their participation in a collective crime.”

— Marcel Proust

“Revenge is nothing but the dark side of the sense of fairness.”

— Stefan Klein

“Revenge is a bad policy if you gain nothing out of it, but under the same circumstances, forgiveness is even a worse one.”

— M.F. Moonzajer