quotations about revenge
He that thinks he shows boldness or height of mind by a scurrilous reply to a scurrilous provocation measures himself by a false standard, and acts not the spirit of a man, but the spleen of a wasp.
ROBERT SOUTH
attributed, Treasury of Thought
There is no truer saying than "Revenge is a dish best eaten cold." It is so much sweeter for the waiting, and my only regret is that I cannot broadcast my triumph to the world.
MINETTE WALTERS
The Scold's Bridle
Revenge, like some poisonous plant, replete with baneful juices, rankles in the breast, and meditates mischief to its neighbour.
WELLINS CALCOTT
Thoughts Moral and Divine
Once you've sought the path of revenge
There's no way to stop
And the more I try to hurt you the more that it hurts me
DANGER MOUSE & SPARKLEHORSE
"Revenge"
It is useless to meet revenge with revenge: it will heal nothing.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN
The Return of the King
The way of revenge lies in simply forcing ones way into a place and being cut down. There is no shame in this. By thinking that you must complete the job you will run out of time. By considering things like how many men the enemy has, time piles up; in the end you will give up. No matter if the enemy has thousands of men, there is fulfillment in simply standing them off and being determined to cut them all down, starting from one end. You will finish the greater part of it.
YAMAMOTO TSUNETOMO
Hagakure
Far from being a psychological trait, the spirit of revenge is the principle on which our whole psychology depends.
GILLES DELEUZE
Nietzsche and Philosophy
Little grave I'm grieving, I will mend you
Sweet revenge I'm dreaming, I will end you
I've been here since dawn of time
Countless hatreds built my shrine
I was born in anger's flame
He was Abel, I was Cain
I am here
I'm hell unbound
Burn your kingdom to the ground
To the ground
METALLICA
"Here Comes Revenge"
In a distorted, fallen world revenge is normal, its extreme form being capital punishment. Certainly, those who harm others, especially those whose lives are distorted, must be placed where they cannot repeat such acts, but judgment belongs to God alone.
GENE DAVENPORT
"Revenge accomplishes nothing", The Jackson Sun, November 2, 2017
Revenge, at first though sweet,
Bitter ere long back on itself recoils.
JOHN MILTON
Paradise Lost
Don't want no revenge
Ain't no pay back time
It ain't called getting even
Here comes the Reckoning Day
MEGADETH
"Reckoning Day"
Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.
CONFUCIUS
attributed, The Power of One
Revenge is the prime ingredient in the fountain of youth.
CLOCKWERK
Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus
Revenge is the naked idol of the worship of a semi-barbarous age.
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY
A Defence of Poetry
You know
If somebody, somewhere done you wrong
Oh, don't worry about your revenge, no
I said if somebody, somewhere done you wrong
Oh, don't worry about your revenge, no no
Because that's when evil
Oh, evil slips on in
STEVE MILLER BAND
"Evil"
Revenge is a common passion; it is the sin of the uninstructed. The savage deems it noble; but Christ's religion, which is the sublime civilizer, emphatically condemns it. Why? Because religion ever seeks to ennoble man; and nothing so debases him as revenge.
BULWER LYTTON
My Novel or Varieties in English Life
Revenge is a boomerang.
GARRET SMITH
Living Sparks of Life
Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot that it doth singe yourself.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
King Henry VIII
Revenge is served ice cold, garnished with shavings of creeping psychological dread.
DAMON SMITH
"Film releases: Revenge is a dish best served ice cold", Belfast Telegraph, November 3, 2017
Revenge is the law of the outlaws.
LAURA BLUMENFELD
Revenge: A Story of Hope