VENGEANCE QUOTES
quotations about vengeance
On the life-giving lap of Earth
Blood hath flowed forth;
And now, the seed of vengeance, clots the plain--
Unmelting, uneffaced the stain.
AESCHYLUS
The Libation Bearers
Let me tell you something about me. I love vengeance like normal people love sunsets and long walks on the beach. I eat vengeance with a spoon like it's honey. In fact, I may not even be a real person, but just a vow of vengeance made flesh.
LAINI TAYLOR
Night of Cake & Puppets
The paradox of vengefulness is that it makes men dependent upon those who have harmed them, believing that their release from pain will come only when they make their tormentors suffer.
LAURA HILLENBRAND
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
BIBLE
Psalms 58:10
To treat a man with kindness rather than vengeance is the way to move him. Vengeance may break his spirit; but kindness will break his heart.
WILLIAM BARCLAY
Growing in Christian Faith
It was vengeance never satisfied, the empty place in my soul that justice should have filled was still and dark and cold.
FAITH HUNTER
Mercy Blade
Vengeance is a delicious fruit, which must be allowed to ripen in order that it may be fully enjoyed.
ÉMILE GABORIAU
File No. 113
I know there are people who believe you should forgive and forget. For the record, I'd like to say I'm a big fan of forgiveness as long as I'm given the opportunity to get even first.
SUE GRAFTON
V is for Vengeance
And now ... farewell to kindness, humanity and gratitude. I have substituted myself for Providence in rewarding the good; may the God of vengeance now yield me His place to punish the wicked.
ALEXANDRE DUMAS
The Count of Monte Cristo
Vengeance is just:
Justly we rid the earth of human fiends
Who carry hell for pattern in their souls.
But in high vengeance there is noble scorn:
It tortures not the torturer, nor gives
Iniquitous payment for iniquity.
The great avenging angel does not crawl
To kill the serpent with a mimic fang;
He stands erect, with sword of keenest edge
That slays like lightning.
GEORGE ELIOT
The Spanish Gypsy
Vengeance is a monster of appetite, forever bloodthirsty and never filled.
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH
The Tarishe Curse
Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
BIBLE
Romans 12:19
Good news for vengeance. Never bet against a broken man with a sandstone castle and nothing to lose.
KAYTI BURT
"Game of Thrones Recap", Collider, June 5, 2016
Vengeance does not satisfy. It sometimes gluts, but it does not satisfy. The duelist, angered by insult or wrong, challenges his enemy to a duel, runs his sword through the body of his opponent, leaves the life-blood oozing out of his arteries, wipes his sword, and walks off in the brightness of the morning. Satisfied? Never! Nemesis follows him; the vision is ever before his eyes; he has taken his vengeance, and the vengeance itself nestles in his heart and breeds future penalty.
LYMAN ABBOTT
The Theology of an Evolutionist
In certain, extreme situations, the law is inadequate. In order to shame its inadequacy, it is necessary to act outside the law. To pursue -- natural justice. This is not vengeance. Revenge is not a valid motive, it's an emotional response. No, not vengeance. Punishment.
FRANK CASTLE
The Punisher
Further, vengeful people often seek powerful positions that allow them to inflict what they see as well-deserved hurt on their enemies. That pretty much describes Trump to a T.
BOBBY AZARIAN
"A neuroscientist explains why Trump's obsession with revenge would make him a dangerous president", Raw Story, November 3, 2016
To survive myself I forged you like a weapon,
like an arrow in my bow, a stone in my sling.
But the hour of vengeance falls, and I love you.
PABLO NERUDA
"Body of a Woman", Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair
Seeking and meting out vengeance is deceptive justice. Real justice is restorative; it restores the broken relationship of the offender with the victim, the victim's family and the community, which becomes impossible to accomplish if the offender's life is ended.
MARVEE ANNE M. RAMOS
"False justice", Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 29, 2017
To me belongeth vengeance and recompense; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
BIBLE
Deuteronomy 32:35
Blunt force vengeance never goes out of style.
ERIC WALKUSKI
"I Spit On Your Grave 3: Veangeance Is Mine Trailer Premiere!", Joblo, September 16, 2016