<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Revenge - Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[But men often mistake killing and revenge for justice. They seldom have the stomach for justice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65787]]></link><description><![CDATA[But men often mistake killing and revenge for justice. They seldom have the stomach for justice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When someone is mean to me, I just make them a victim in my next book. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65785]]></link><description><![CDATA[When someone is mean to me, I just make them a victim in my next book.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65784]]></link><description><![CDATA[An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revenge... is like a rolling stone, which, when a man hath forced up a hill, will return upon him with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63709]]></link><description><![CDATA[Revenge... is like a rolling stone, which, when a man hath forced up a hill, will return upon him with a greater violence, and break those bones whose sinews gave it motion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't get mad, get even. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54114]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't get mad, get even.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revenge is the naked idol of the worship of a semi-barbarous age. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54115]]></link><description><![CDATA[Revenge is the naked idol of the worship of a semi-barbarous age.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revenge has no more quenching effect on emotions than salt water has on thirst. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54109]]></link><description><![CDATA[Revenge has no more quenching effect on emotions than salt water has on thirst.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54109</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revenge is often like biting a dog because the dog bit you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54110]]></link><description><![CDATA[Revenge is often like biting a dog because the dog bit you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life being what it is, one dreams of revenge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54111]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life being what it is, one dreams of revenge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No more tears now; I will think about revenge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54112]]></link><description><![CDATA[No more tears now; I will think about revenge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Live well. It is the greatest revenge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54101]]></link><description><![CDATA[Live well. It is the greatest revenge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She (Eleanor Roosevelt) got even in a way that was almost cruel. She forgave them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54102]]></link><description><![CDATA[She (Eleanor Roosevelt) got even in a way that was almost cruel. She forgave them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revenge converts a little right into a great wrong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54103]]></link><description><![CDATA[Revenge converts a little right into a great wrong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54104]]></link><description><![CDATA[In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot get ahead while you are getting even. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54105]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot get ahead while you are getting even.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54106]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All the old knives That have rusted in my back, I drive in yours. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54093]]></link><description><![CDATA[All the old knives That have rusted in my back, I drive in yours.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis an old tale, and often told; But did my fate and wish agree,  Ne'er had been read, in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54094]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis an old tale, and often told; But did my fate and wish agree,  Ne'er had been read, in story old,   Of maiden true betray'd for gold,    That loved, or was avenged, like me!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vengeance to God alone belongs; But, when I think of all my wrongs  My blood is liquid flame! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54095]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vengeance to God alone belongs; But, when I think of all my wrongs  My blood is liquid flame!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revenge is an inhuman word. [Lat., Inhumanum verbum est ultio.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54096]]></link><description><![CDATA[Revenge is an inhuman word. [Lat., Inhumanum verbum est ultio.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And where the offense is, let the great axe fall. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54097]]></link><description><![CDATA[And where the offense is, let the great axe fall.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I can catch him once upon the hip, I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54098]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I can catch him once upon the hip, I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it will feed nothing else, it will feed my revenge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54099]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it will feed nothing else, it will feed my revenge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That old law about "an eye for an eye" leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54100]]></link><description><![CDATA[That old law about "an eye for an eye" leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One sole desire, one passion now remains To keep life's fever still within his veins,  Vengeance! dire vengeance on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54092]]></link><description><![CDATA[One sole desire, one passion now remains To keep life's fever still within his veins,  Vengeance! dire vengeance on the wretch who cast   O'er him and all he lov'd that ruinous blast.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It [revenge] is sweeter far than flowing honey. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54084]]></link><description><![CDATA[It [revenge] is sweeter far than flowing honey.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Behold, on wrong Swift vengeance waits; and art subdues the strong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54085]]></link><description><![CDATA[Behold, on wrong Swift vengeance waits; and art subdues the strong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revenge is sweeter than life itself. So think fools. [Lat., At vindicta bonum vita jucundius ipsa nempe hoc indocti.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54086]]></link><description><![CDATA[Revenge is sweeter than life itself. So think fools. [Lat., At vindicta bonum vita jucundius ipsa nempe hoc indocti.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revenge is always the weak pleasure of a little and narrow mind. [Lat., Semper et infirmi est animi exiguique voluptas ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54087]]></link><description><![CDATA[Revenge is always the weak pleasure of a little and narrow mind. [Lat., Semper et infirmi est animi exiguique voluptas Ultio.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one rejoices more in revenge than woman. [Lat., Vindicta  Nemo magis gaudet quam foemina.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54088]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one rejoices more in revenge than woman. [Lat., Vindicta  Nemo magis gaudet quam foemina.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Which, if not victory, is yet revenge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54089]]></link><description><![CDATA[Which, if not victory, is yet revenge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revenge, at first though sweet, Bitter ere long back on itself recoils. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54090]]></link><description><![CDATA[Revenge, at first though sweet, Bitter ere long back on itself recoils.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will not leave you until I have seen you hanged. [Fr., Je ne te quitterai point que je ne ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54091]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will not leave you until I have seen you hanged. [Fr., Je ne te quitterai point que je ne t'aie vu pendu.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revenge is a dish best served cold ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54076]]></link><description><![CDATA[Revenge is a dish best served cold]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54077]]></link><description><![CDATA[Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing over it, he is superior. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54078]]></link><description><![CDATA[By taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing over it, he is superior.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revenge is a kind of wild justice; which the more man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54079]]></link><description><![CDATA[Revenge is a kind of wild justice; which the more man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women do most delight in revenge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54080]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women do most delight in revenge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone can rat, but it takes a certain amount of ingenuity to re-rat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54081]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone can rat, but it takes a certain amount of ingenuity to re-rat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis more noble to forgive, and more manly to despise, than to revenge an Injury. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54082]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis more noble to forgive, and more manly to despise, than to revenge an Injury.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revenge is profitable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54083]]></link><description><![CDATA[Revenge is profitable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well, remember what you said, because in a day or two, I'll have a witty and blistering retort! You'll be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54071]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well, remember what you said, because in a day or two, I'll have a witty and blistering retort! You'll be devastated THEN!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When nobody will look at you, you can stare a hole in them. Picking out all the little details you'd ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54072]]></link><description><![CDATA[When nobody will look at you, you can stare a hole in them. Picking out all the little details you'd never stare long enough to get if she'd ever just return your gaze, this, this is your revenge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An eye for an eye would make the whole world blind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54073]]></link><description><![CDATA[An eye for an eye would make the whole world blind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revenge is a confession of pain ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54074]]></link><description><![CDATA[Revenge is a confession of pain]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state to another, nothing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54075]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state to another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness. We must have felt what it is to die, that we may appreciate the enjoyments of life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Last night I had a revelationSomehow I have to make you payIt's all about manipulationAnd what it takes to get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54070]]></link><description><![CDATA[Last night I had a revelationSomehow I have to make you payIt's all about manipulationAnd what it takes to get my wayI don't believe in soft solutionsNo one makes a fool of meWithout receiving retributionNo one hurts me and goes freeI'll play on your fears, I'll leave you in tearsYou'll never be the same, my friendYou're walking a line, it's a matter of timeYou'll never rest easy againI've got the power to bring you downI've heard it said, to err is humanIt's forgiveness that's divineI thought about forgiving you, butI want revenge, I want what's mineI think it's time to settle scores nowIt's time to set the record straightYou'll know it's coming, you won't know howOr when, you'll have to watch and waitI'll play on your fears, I'll leave you in tearsYou'll never be the same, my friendYou're walking a line, it's a matter of timeYou'll never rest easy againI've got the power to bring you downYou know, it feels intoxicatingTo be intimidatingIt's invigoratingTo see you shakingI've got the power to bring you downYou know something, you see it coming, You know I will stop at nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves. [Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50853]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves. [Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who plot the destruction of others often perish in the attempt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50849]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who plot the destruction of others often perish in the attempt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweet is revenge--especially to women. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48791]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweet is revenge--especially to women.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48791</guid></item></channel></rss>