Revenge Quotes - page 18

We are too apt to erect our own little and narrow notions of what is right and just, into the law of justice, and to insist that God shall adopt that as His law; to measure off something with our own little tape-line, and call it God's law of justice. Continually we seek to ennoble our own ignoble love of revenge and retaliation, by misnaming it justice. (Albert Pike)
She once used me with that insolence, that in revenge I took her to pieces sifted her, and separated her failings I studied 'em, and got 'em by rote. The catalogue was so large, that I was not without hopes, one day or other to hate her heartily. View quote
William Congreve
Revenge is a kind of wild justice. View quote
Francis Bacon
There is no passion in the mind of man so weak, but it mates and masters the fear of death ... Revenge triumphs over death love slights it honor aspireth to it grief flieth to it. View quote
Francis Bacon
It is worthy the observing, that there is no passion in the mind of man, so weak, but it mates, and masters, the fear of death; and therefore, death is no such terrible enemy, when a man hath so many attendants about him, that can win the combat of him. Revenge triumphs over death; love slights it; honor aspireth to it; grief flieth to it; fear preoccupieth it. View quote
Francis Bacon
Deformed persons are commonly even with nature; for as nature hath done ill by them, so do they by nature; being for the most part (as the Scripture saith) void of natural affection; and so they have their revenge of nature. View quote
Francis Bacon
This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge, keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal, and do well.... vindictive persons live the life of witches; who, as they are mischievous, so end they infortunate... View quote
Francis Bacon
Some, when they take revenge, are desirous, the party should know, whence it cometh. This is the more generous. For the delight seemeth to be, not so much in doing the hurt, as in making the party repent. But base and crafty cowards, are like the arrow that flieth in the dark. View quote
Francis Bacon
Some, when they take revenge, are desirous, the party should know, whence it cometh. This is the more generous. For the delight seemeth to be, not so much in doing the hurt, as in making the party repent. View quote
Francis Bacon
I attacked the English of the Northern Shires like a lion. I ordered their houses and corn, with all their belongings, to be burnt without exception and large herds of cattle and beasts of burden to be destroyed wherever they were found. It was there I took revenge on masses of people by subjecting them to a cruel famine; and by doing so - alas! View quote
William I of England
I fear that our true motivation is about oil and our own flailing economy; about the failure to destroy Al Qaeda and about revenge. (Dave Matthews)
As you go through history, I didn't think it was going to get quite this close. So it's just one of those recurring things... I hope this doesn't come true in our country. Maybe the film will waken people to the situation. ... When I wrote it [Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith], Iraq didn't exist... We were just funding Saddam Hussein and giving him weapons of mass destruction. We didn't think of him as an enemy at that time. We were going after Iran and using him as our surrogate, just as we were doing in Vietnam... The parallels between what we did in Vietnam and what we're doing in Iraq now are unbelievable... View quote
George Lucas
Fool that I am," said he,"that I did not tear out my heart the day I resolved to revenge myself". View quote
Alexandre Dumas
Revenge - A debt in the paying of which the greatest knave is honest and sincere, and, so far as he is able, punctual. View quote
Charles Caleb Colton
Before Nelson Mandela was arrested in 1962, he was an angry, relatively young man. He founded the ANC's military wing. When he was released, he surprised everyone because he was talking about reconciliation and forgiveness and not about revenge. View quote
Desmond Tutu
Revenge only engenders violence, not clarity and true peace. I think liberation must come from within. View quote
Sandra Cisneros
Expelled from individual consciousness by the rush of change, history finds its revenge by stamping the collective unconsciousness with habits and values. View quote
Arthur M. Schlesinger
I didn't want to become some embittered old hack getting his revenge for the rest of my life. And I didn't want to become some scared creature cowering in a corner. I remember telling myself not to carry the hatred around, although I know where it is. I have it in a trunk in storage. View quote
Salman Rushdie
Our trouble is that we drink too much tea. I see in this the slow revenge of the Orient, which has diverted the Yellow River down our throats. View quote
J. B. Priestley
I mean, who wants to live waking up... at least I don't want to live waking up everyday about revenge. View quote
Mitchell Baker
It is not wise, I think, to mix private revenge with war." "Of course it's not wise, but it's bloody enjoyable. Enjoying yourself, Sergeant? (Bernard Cornwell)
When you do not recognize the wrongs of the past, the future takes its revenge. -Author forgotten. View quote
Ian Cameron Esslemont
Revenge doesn't stop. View quote
Daniel Craig
To show forbearance and gentleness in teaching others; and not to revenge unreasonable conduct - this is the energy of southern regions, and the good man makes it his study. To lie under arms; and meet death without regret - this is the energy of northern regions, and the forceful make it their study. Therefore, the superior man cultivates a friendly harmony, without being weak - How firm is he in his energy! View quote
Confucius
The vengeance of Jehovah stopped at the tomb. He never threatened to punish the dead; and there is not one word, from the first mistake in Genesis to the last curse of Malachi, containing the slightest intimation that God will take his revenge in another world. It was reserved for the New Testament to make known the doctrine of eternal pain. View quote
Robert G. Ingersoll