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A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.
In revenge and in love woman is more barbaric than man is.
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE, Beyond Good and Evil
- Murder’s out of tune,
- And sweet revenge grows harsh.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, Othello
When we take revenge against another, we lose some of our innocence.
PATRICE REDD VECCHIONE, Revenge and Forgiveness
If I were going to set out to oppress other people, I would surely prefer to select for my victims persons whose first response is forgiveness rather than persons whose first response is revenge.
JEFFRIE G. MURPHY, Getting Even
To take revenge halfheartedly is to court disaster: Either condemn or crown your hatred.
PIERRE CORNEILLE, Rodogune
Let them that are happy talk of piety; he that would work his adversary woe must take no account of laws.
Universal though the instinct for revenge may be, it is much stronger in some of us than others. And those who have it in abundance apparently pay something of a price.
- Revenge, at first though sweet,
- Bitter ere long back on itself recoils.
JOHN MILTON, Paradise Lost
The best revenge is massive success.
FRANK SINATRA, quoted in 1,600 Quotes & Pieces of Wisdom That Just Might Help You Out When You're Stuck In a Moment and Can't Get Out Of It!
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