That old law about "an eye for
an eye" leaves everybody blind.
The time is always
right to do the right thing.
?Martin Luther King Jr.
Live well.
It is the greatest revenge.
?The Talmud
She (Eleanor Roosevelt) got even
in a way that was almost cruel.
She forgave them.
?Ralph McGill
Revenge converts a little
right into a great wrong.
?German Proverb
In taking revenge, a man is but
even with his enemy; but in passing
it over, he is superior.
?Francis Bacon
You cannot get ahead while
you are getting even.
?Dick Armey
One good act of vengeance
deserves another.
?John Jefferson
A man that studieth revenge
keeps his own wounds green,
which otherwise
would heal and do well.
?Francis Bacon
Little, vicious minds abound with anger
and revenge, and are incapable of feeling
the pleasure of forgiving their enemies.
?Earl of Chesterfield
Revenge is an act of passion;
vengeance of justice. Injuries are
revenged; crimes are avenged.
?Samuel Johnson
Revenge has no more quenching effect on
emotions than salt water has on thirst.
?Walter Weckler
Revenge is often like biting a
dog because the dog bit you.
?Austin O'Malley
Life being what it is,
one dreams of revenge.
?Paul Gauguin
No more tears now;
I will think about revenge.
?Mary, Queen of Scots
Just vengeance does
not call for punishment.
?Pierre Corneille
Don't get mad, get even.
?Robert F. Kennedy
Hatred is the coward's revenge
for being intimidated.
?George Bernard Shaw
Revenge is the naked idol of the
worship of a semi-barbarous age.
?Percy Bysshe Shelley
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
