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Revenge, the attribute of gods! they stamped it with their great image on our natures. - Thomas Otway Not to be provoked is best; but if moved, never correct till the fume is spent; for every stroke our fury strikes is sure to hit ourselves at last. - William Penn Those who plot the destruction of others often perish in the attempt. - Phaedrus (Thrace of Macedonia) Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves. [Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.] - Phaedrus (Thrace of Macedonia), Fables--Appendix (VI, 11) The best manner of avenging ourselves is by not resembling him who has injured us; and it is hardly possible for one man to be more unlike another than he that forbears to avenge himself of wrong is to him who did the wrong. - Jane Porter He is below himself that is not above an injury. - Francis Quarles All the old knives That have rusted in my back, I drive in yours. - Adrienne Rich Revenge is barren of itself; itself is the dreadful food it feeds on; its delight is murder, and its saiety, despair. - Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller '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! - Sir Walter Scott, Marmion (canto II, st. 27) Vengeance to God alone belongs; But, when I think of all my wrongs My blood is liquid flame! - Sir Walter Scott, Marmion (canto Vi, st. 7) Revenge is an inhuman word. [Lat., Inhumanum verbum est ultio.] - Seneca (Lucius Annaeus Seneca), De Ira (II, 31) Had all his hairs been lives, my great revenge had stomach for them all. - William Shakespeare Haste me to know it; that I with wings as swift as meditation, or the thoughts of love, may sweep to my revenge. - William Shakespeare It is a quarrel most unnatural, To be reveng'd on him that loveth thee. - William Shakespeare O, that the slave had forty thousand lives; One is too poor, too weak for my revenge. - William Shakespeare Pleasure and revenge Have ears more deaf than adders to the voice Of any true decision. - William Shakespeare The whirligig of time brings in his revenges. - William Shakespeare To hell, allegiance! vows, to the blackest devil! Conscience, and grace, to the profoundest pit! I dare damnation: To this point I stand,-- That both the worlds I give to negligence, Let come what comes; only I'll be reveng'd. - William Shakespeare To revenge is no valor, but to bear. - William Shakespeare And where the offense is, let the great axe fall. - William Shakespeare, Hamlet Prince of Denmark (King at IV, v) If I can catch him once upon the hip, I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him. - William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice (Shylock at I, ii) If it will feed nothing else, it will feed my revenge. - William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice (Shylock at III, i) Now, infidel, I have you on the hip! - William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice (Gratiano at IV, i) Vengeance is in my heart, death in my hand, Blood and revenge are hammering in my head. - William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus (Aaron at II, iii) There is no passion of the human heart that promises so much and pays so little as revenge. - Henry Wheeler Shaw (used pseudonyms Josh Billings and Uncle Esek) Displaying page 3 of 4 for this topic: << Prev Next >> 1 2 [3] 4
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