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Vengeance, deep-brooding o'er the slain, Had locked the source of softer woe, And burning pride and high disdain Forbade the read more
Vengeance, deep-brooding o'er the slain, Had locked the source of softer woe, And burning pride and high disdain Forbade the rising tear to flow
 No one delights more in vengeance than a woman.
Juvenal, Satires, XIII.  
 No one delights more in vengeance than a woman.
Juvenal, Satires, XIII. 
Vengeance has no foresight.
Vengeance has no foresight.
Retribution often means that we eventually do to ourselves what we have done unto others.
Retribution often means that we eventually do to ourselves what we have done unto others.
The best manner of avenging ourselves is by not resembling him who has injured us.
The best manner of avenging ourselves is by not resembling him who has injured us.
Avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith read more
Avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
Revenge is the abject pleasure of an abject mind.
Revenge is the abject pleasure of an abject mind.
Just before consumers stop doing something, they do it with a vengeance.
Just before consumers stop doing something, they do it with a vengeance.
The rarer action is In virtue than in vengeance.
The rarer action is In virtue than in vengeance.