Revenge has no more quenching effect on emotions than salt water has on thirst.

Revenge has no more quenching effect on emotions than salt water has on thirst.

Revenge... is like a rolling stone, which, when a man hath forced up a hill, will return upon him with read more

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.

Revenge is the naked idol of the worship of a semi-barbarous age.

Revenge is the naked idol of the worship of a semi-barbarous age.

Revenge is a confession of pain

Revenge is a confession of pain

By taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in
passing over it, he is superior.

By taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in
passing over it, he is superior.

An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.

An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.

I will not leave you until I have seen you hanged.
[Fr., Je ne te quitterai point que je read more

I will not leave you until I have seen you hanged.
[Fr., Je ne te quitterai point que je ne t'aie vu pendu.]

And where the offense is, let the great axe fall.

And where the offense is, let the great axe fall.

Revenge is always the weak pleasure of a little and narrow mind.
[Lat., Semper et infirmi est animi exiguique read more

Revenge is always the weak pleasure of a little and narrow mind.
[Lat., Semper et infirmi est animi exiguique voluptas Ultio.]