Revenge is a dish that should be eaten cold.
—English Proverb
Just vengeance does not call for punishment.
—Pierre Corneille (1606–84) French Poet, Dramatist
Little, vicious minds abound with anger and revenge, and are incapable of feeling the pleasure of forgiving their enemies.
—Earl of Chesterfield (1694–1773) English Statesman, Man of Letters
Revenge is profitable, gratitude is expensive.
—Edward Gibbon (1737–94) English Historian, Politician
You will find that silence or very gentle words are the most exquisite revenge for insult.
—Indian Proverb
Something of vengeance I had tasted for the first time; as aromatic wine it seemed, on swallowing, warm and racy; its after-flavor, metallic and corroding, gave me a sensation as if I had been poisoned.
—Charlotte Bronte (1816–1855) English Novelist, Poet
Revenge is always the weak pleasure of a little and narrow mind.
—Juvenal (c.60–c.136 CE) Roman Poet
If you are bitten by a snake, what’s the best thing to do? Remain calm, separate the poison from the rest of your body, suck the poison out. Worst thing to do: get upset, chase and kill snake. Same when someone strikes out at you verbally. Remain calm, don’t try to strike back at the other person. Don’t let the poison spread throughout your system.
—Unknown
‘Tis more noble to forgive, and more manly to despise, than to revenge an Injury.
—Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) American Political Leader, Inventor, Diplomat
Vengeance has no foresight.
—Napoleon I (1769–1821) Emperor of France
Women do most delight in revenge.
—Thomas Browne (1605–82) English Author, Physician
Revenge… is like a rolling stone, which, when a man hath forced up a hill, will return upon him with a greater violence, and break those bones whose sinews gave it motion.
—Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965) French Theologian, Philosopher, Musician, Physician
In revenge a man is but even with his enemies; but it is a princely thing to pardon, for Solomon saith, “It is the glory of a man to pass over a transgression.”
—Francis Bacon (1561–1626) English Philosopher
Ambition and revenge are always hungry.
—Danish Proverb
Forgiveness hides a pleasure that you can’t get back from revenge.
—Persian Proverb
What is revenge but courage to call in our honor’s debts, and wisdom to convert others’ self-love into our own protection?
—Edward Young (1683–1765) English Poet
Hath any wronged thee? Be bravely revenged.—Slight it, and the work is begun; forgive it, and it is finished.—He is below himself that is not above any injury.
—Francis Quarles (1592–1644) English Religious Poet
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 (1758–94) French Revolutionary
An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.
—Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869–1948) Indian Hindu Political leader
A hundred-year-old revenge still has its baby teeth.
—Italian Proverb
The best manner of avenging ourselves is by not resembling him who has injured us.
—Jane Porter (1776–1850) Scottish Novelist, Dramatist, Pioneer of Historical Fiction
Pleasure and revenge have ears more deaf than adders to the voice of any true decision.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
Delay in vengeance gives a heavier blow.
—John M. Ford (1957–2006) American Novelist, Writer, Poet
The revenge that is postponed is not forgotten.
—Icelandic Proverb
Revenge is a confession of pain.
—Latin Proverb
Where vice is vengeance follows.
—Scottish Proverb
Thus the whirligig of time brings in his revenges.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
Souls made of fire and children of the sun, With whom Revenge is virtue.
—Edward Young (1683–1765) English Poet
Revenge, at first, though sweet, bitter, are long, back on itself recoils.
—John Milton (1608–74) English Poet, Civil Servant, Scholar, Debater
Revenge is sweet.
—Common Proverb
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