Deep vengeance is the daughter of deep silence.
—Vittorio Alfieri (1749–1803) Italian Poet, Dramatist
Vengeance is a dish best eaten cold.
—English Proverb
Vengeance, deep-brooding other the slain, Had locked the source of softer woe, And burning pride and high disdain Forbade the rising tear to flow.
—Walter Scott (1771–1832) Scottish Novelist, Poet, Playwright, Lawyer
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
Where vice is vengeance follows.
—Scottish Proverb
Vengeance has no foresight.
—Napoleon I (1769–1821) Emperor of France
Nothing is more costly, nothing is more sterile, than vengeance.
—Winston Churchill (1874–1965) British Leader, Historian, Journalist, Author
If you have committed iniquity, you must expect to suffer; for vengeance with its sacred light shines upon you.
—Sophocles (495–405 BCE) Ancient Greek Dramatist
Vengeance is mine, and I will repay.
—Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) Russian Novelist
Vengeance is mine, I will repay, saith the Lord.
—The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith
Retribution often means that we eventually do to ourselves what we have done unto others.
—Eric Hoffer (1902–83) American Philosopher, Author
The thirst for vengeance was the beautiful nature which Homer imitated.
—Johann Georg Hamann (1730–88) German Theologian, Philosopher
When critics sit in judgment it is hard to tell where justice leaves off and vengeance begins.
—Chuck Jones (1912–2002) American Animator, Director
The rarer action is In virtue than in vengeance.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
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
No husband will ever be better avenged than by his wife’s lover.
—Honore de Balzac (1799–1850) French Novelist
Revenge is the act of passion, vengeance is an act of justice.
—Samuel Johnson (1709–84) British Essayist
It is better to receive than to do injury.
—Cicero (106BCE–43BCE) Roman Philosopher, Orator, Politician, Lawyer
Vengeance taken will often tear the heart and torment the conscience.
—Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) German Philosopher
Just vengeance does not call for punishment.
—Pierre Corneille (1606–84) French Poet, Dramatist
Good Christians should never avenge injuries.
—Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616) Spanish Novelist
Men ought either to be indulged or utterly destroyed, for if you merely offend them they take vengeance, but if you injure them greatly they are unable to retaliate, so that the injury done to a man ought to be such that vengeance cannot be feared.
—Niccolo Machiavelli (1469–1527) Florentine Political Philosopher
No one delights more in vengeance than a woman.
—Juvenal (c.60–c.136 CE) Roman Poet
Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.
—Samuel Johnson (1709–84) British Essayist
Getting even with somebody is no way to get ahead of anybody.
—Cullen Hightower (b.1923) American Humorist
I shall see The winged vengeance overtake such children.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation. War is hell.
—William Tecumseh Sherman (1820–91) American Military Leader, Businessperson, Educator
Revenge is the abject pleasure of an abject mind.
—Juvenal (c.60–c.136 CE) Roman Poet
In high vengeance there is noble scorn.
—George Eliot (Mary Anne Evans) (1819–80) English Novelist
Delay in vengeance gives a heavier blow.
—John M. Ford (1957–2006) American Novelist, Writer, Poet
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