“ The best manner of avenging ourselves is by not resembling him who has injured us. ”
- Jane Porter- Copy
“ On the life-giving lap of EarthBlood hath flowed forth;And now, the seed of vengeance, clots the plain — Unmelting, uneffaced the stain. ”
- Aeschylus- Copy
“ What housewould ask for Vengeanceto perch heavy,defiling the rafters like some bird of ill omen? ”
- Aeschylus- Copy
“ You say "society must exact vengeance, and society must punish." Wrong on both counts. Vengeance comes from the individual and punishment from God. ”
- Victor Hugo- Copy
“ Now just vengeance is taken only for that which is done unjustly; hence that which provokes anger is always something considered in the light of an injustice. ”
- St. Thomas Aquinas- Copy
“ One sole desire, one passion now remainsTo keep life's fever still within his veins,Vengeance! dire vengeance on the wretch who castO'er him and all he lov'd that ruinous blast. ”
- Thomas Moore- Copy
“ To treat a man with kindness rather than vengeance is the way to move him. Vengeance may break his spirit; but kindness will break his heart. ”
- William Barclay- Copy
“ Let me tell you something that we Israelis have against Moses. He took us 40 years through the desert in order to bring us to the one spot in the Middle East that has no oil! ”
- Golda Meir- Copy
“ Retribution often means that we eventually do to ourselves what we have done unto others. ”
- Eric Hoffer- Copy
“ Just before consumers stop doing something, they do it with a vengeance. ”
- Faith Popcorn- Copy
“ Vengeance is not the point; change is. But the trouble is that in most minds the thought of victory and the thought of punishing the enemy coincide. ”
- Barbara Deming- Copy
“ Vengeance, deep-brooding o'er the slain, Had locked the source of softer woe, And burning pride and high disdain Forbade the rising tear to flow. ”
- Sir Walter Scott- Copy
“ Vengeance taken will often tear the heart and torment the conscience. ”
- Arthur Schopenhauer- Copy
“ I give thee sixpence! I will see thee damned first - / Wretch! whom no sense of wrongs can rouse to vengeance; / Sordid, unfeeling, reprobate, degraded, / Spiritless outcast! ”
- George Canning- Copy
“ This thing is vengeance. It makes no sense. This is not the same woman who committed those crimes. ”
- Pat Robertson- Copy
“ Is it to be thought unreasonable that the people, in atonement for wrongs of a century, demand the vengeance of a single day? ”
- Maximilien Robespierre- Copy
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