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Revenge

Where vice is vengeance follows. – Scottish Proverb

Revenge converts a little right into a great wrong. – Proverb

Vengeance is a dish best eaten cold. – Proverb

You cannot go ahead while you are getting even. – Dick Armey

A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well. – Francis Bacon

Vengeance is mine, I will repay, saith the Lord. – Bible

Vengeance has no foresight. – Napoleon Bonaparte

Something of vengeance I had tasted for the first time; as aromatic wine it seemed, on swallowing, warm and racy: its after-flavour, metallic and corroding, gave me a sensation as if I had been poisoned. – Charlotte Bronte

Nothing is more costly, nothing is more sterile, than vengeance. – Sir Winston Churchill

It is better to receive than to do injury. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves. – Confucius

Just vengeance does not call for punishment. – Pierre Corneille

The object of art is to crystallize emotion into thought and then give it form. – Francois Delsarte

Forgiveness is better than revenge, for forgiveness is the sign of a gentle nature, but revenge is the sign of a savage nature. – Epictetus

Delay in vengeance delivers a heavier blow. – John Ford

Revenge in cold blood is the devils own act and deed. – Thomas Fuller

In taking revenge a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior. – Thomas Fuller

An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind. – Mahatma Gandhi

Youll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him. – Lou Holtz

While seeking revenge, dig two graves — one for yourself. – Doug Horton