Quotes with revenge

  • Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. the foundation of such a method is love.
  • I consider it a mark of great prudence in a man to abstain from threats or any contemptuous expressions, for neither of these weaken the enemy, but threats make him more cautious, and the other excites his hatred, and a desire to revenge himself.

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  • Martin Luther King Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. the foundation of such a method is love.
    Martin Luther King
    American preacher (1929 - 1968)
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  • William Shakespeare If you prick us do we not bleed? If you tickle us do we not laugh? If you poison us do we not die? And if you wrong us shall we not revenge?
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Confucius Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.
    Confucius
    Chinese philosopher (551 - 479)
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  • Machiavelli I consider it a mark of great prudence in a man to abstain from threats or any contemptuous expressions, for neither of these weaken the enemy, but threats make him more cautious, and the other excites his hatred, and a desire to revenge himself.
    Machiavelli
    Florentine state philosopher (1469 - 1527)
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  • Lord Chesterfield Little, vicious minds abound with anger and revenge, and are incapable of feeling the pleasure of forgiving their enemies.
    Lord Chesterfield
    English statesman, diplomat and writer (Philip Dormer Stanhope) (1694 - 1773)
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  • Francis Bacon A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • Francis Bacon A man who contemplates revenge keeps his wounds green.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • Bernard Crick A politics of vengeance is not politics. Revenge is a recklessness towards the future in a vain attempt to make the present abolish a suffering which is already past.
    In Defence Of Politics Ch. 4, A Defence Of Politics Against Nationalism,
    Bernard Crick
    British political theorist (1929 - 2008)
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  • Wyndham Lewis A sort of war of revenge on the intellect is what, for some reason, thrives in the contemporary social atmosphere.
    Wyndham Lewis
    British painter and author (1882 - 1957)
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  • Mary Baker Eddy A wicked mortal is not the idea of God. He is little else than the expression of error. To suppose that sin, lust, hatred, envy, hypocrisy, revenge, have life abiding in them, is a terrible mistake. Life and Life's idea, Truth and Truth's idea, never make men sick, sinful, or mortal.
    Mary Baker Eddy
    American founder of the Christian Science Church (1821 - 1910)
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  • Edward Bulwer-Lytton Anger ventilated often hurries towards forgiveness; anger concealed often hardens into revenge.
    Edward Bulwer-Lytton
    English writer and poet (1803 - 1873)
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  • Benazir Bhutto Democracy is the best revenge. After Benazir Bhutto's death, her son's brief public remarks were captured on video, and they were reported in international newspapers. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari announced, My mother always said, ' Democracy is the best revenge.'
    Democracy the best revenge, says Bilawal, Dawn (Internet). December 31, 2007/Zilhaj 20, 1428.
    Benazir Bhutto
    Pakistani politician (1953 - 2007)
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  • Roman Polanski Every failure made me more confident. Because I wanted even more to achieve as revenge. To show that I could.
    Roman Polanski
    Polish-French actor and filmmaker (1933 - )
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  • Beth Ditto For me the greatest revenge of all is having a happy adulthood, waking up in my gorgeous turquoise bedroom in the morning beside a person who really inspires me. That's the best revenge a girl-loving girl from the Bible belt could possibly have. And, importantly, it's healthy.
    Beth Ditto
    American singer-songwriter and actress (1981 - )
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  • George Bernard Shaw Hate is the revenge of a coward intimidated.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Hosea Ballou Hatred is self-punishment. Hatred it the coward's revenge for being intimidated.
    Hosea Ballou
    American Theologian, Founder of ''Universalism'' (1771 - 1852)
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  • George Bernard Shaw Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Bruce Springsteen Hell's brewin' dark sun's on the rise
    This storm'll blow through by and by
    House is on fire, Viper's in the grass
    A little revenge and this too shall pass.
    The Rising (2002) Lonesome Day
    Bruce Springsteen
    American singer-songwriter (1949 - )
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  • Anthony Hopkins I wanted revenge; I wanted to dance on the graves of a few people who made me unhappy. It's a pretty infantile way to go through life - I'll show them - but I've done it, and I've got more than I ever dreamed of.
    Anthony Hopkins
    Welsh and American actor (1937 - )
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  • Francis Bacon In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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