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A man who contemplates revenge keeps his wounds green.

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PhilosopherBritish1561 · 16th century

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An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind.

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LeaderIndian1869 · 19th century

4.6 · 57 votes · 166 reads

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And, re-assembling our afflicted powers, consult how we may henceforth most offend.

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PoetEnglish1608 · 17th century

4.4 · 58 votes

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Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.

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PhilosopherChinese-551 · 6th century BC

3.0 · 55 votes

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Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot that it do singe yourself.

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William Shakespeare

WriterBritish1564 · 16th century

4.3 · 35 votes

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I wouldn't be honest if I told you that in some moment of my life I had a lot of rage - probably hate - I'm not sure of hate, but rage. But you know what happens is that then you realize you cannot do to others what you think nobody has to do to anybody.

Michelle Bachelet

PoliticianChilean1951 · 20th century

4.1 · 57 votes · 171 reads

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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?

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William Shakespeare

WriterBritish1564 · 16th century

4.1 · 57 votes

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No revenge is so heroic than that which torments envy by doing good.

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Revenge converts a little right into a great wrong.

3.5 · 33 votes · 120 reads

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Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out.

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PhilosopherBritish1561 · 16th century

3.3 · 36 votes

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Revenge is barren of itself: it is the dreadful food it feeds on; its delight is murder, and its end is despair.
Friedrich Schiller
PoetGerman1759 · 18th century
3.5 · 32 votes · 37 reads
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Revenge is the act of passion, vengeance is an act of justice.
Samuel Johnson
AuthorBritish1709 · 18th century
3.3 · 61 votes · 79 reads
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Revenge is the naked idol of the worship of a semi-barbarous age.
Pearl S. Buck
NovelistAmerican1892 · 19th century
4.9 · 52 votes · 48 reads
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Something of vengeance I had tasted for the first time; as aromatic wine it seemed, on swallowing, warm and racy: its after-flavor, metallic and corroding, gave me a sensation as if I had been poisoned.
Charlotte Bronte
PoetEnglish1816 · 19th century
4.7 · 35 votes · 54 reads
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That old law about ''an eye for an eye'' leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing.
Martin Luther King Jr.
LeaderAmerican1929 · 20th century
3.3 · 14 votes · 37 reads
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What ever the motive for the insult, it is always best to overlook it; for folly doesn't deserve resentment, and malice is punished by neglect.
Samuel Johnson
AuthorBritish1709 · 18th century
3.0 · 62 votes · 56 reads
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What should a wise person do when given a blow? Same as Cato when he was attacked; not fire up or revenge the insult., or even return the blow, but simply ignore it.
Seneca
PhilosopherRoman-4 · 1st century BC
4.1 · 56 votes · 0 reads
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