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 | Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden while revenge is a pleasure. — Tacitus, 55-120 AD, Roman historian 10 likes |
 | 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, 1564-1616, English poet & playwright ‐ The Merchant of Venice 10 likes |
 | If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared. — Niccolò Machiavelli, 1469-1527, Italian political philosopher 8 likes |
 | When a man steals your wife there is no better revenge than to let him keep her. — Sacha Guitry, 1885-1957, French writer 8 likes |
 | Revenge is the act of passion, vengeance is an act of justice. — Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784, English writer 7 likes |
 | The best revenge is massive success. — Frank Sinatra, 1915-1998, American singer 7 likes |
 | An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind. — Mahatma Gandhi, 1869-1948, Indian leader of independence 6 likes |
 | No one rejoices more in revenge than woman. — Juvenal, 1st-2nd cent. AD, Roman satiric poet 6 likes |
| Revenge is always the weak pleasure of a little and narrow mind. — Juvenal, 1st-2nd cent. AD, Roman satiric poet 6 likes |
 | Nothing is more costly, nothing is more sterile, than vengeance. — Winston Churchill, 1874-1965, British Prime Minister, Nobel 1953 5 likes |
 | Too quick revenge is no longer revenge; it is a response. — Henry de Montherlant, 1895-1972, French writer 5 likes |
 | Revenge is profitable, gratitude is expensive. — Edward Gibbon, 1737-1794, English historian 4 likes |
 | You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him. — Lou Holtz, 1937-, American football coach 4 likes |
 | Forgiveness is too easy. I can forget by indifference, but not forgive. I prefer revenge. — Karl Lagerfeld, 1933-2019, German fashion designer 3 likes |
 | In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior. — Francis Bacon, 1561-1626, English philosopher 2 likes |
 | I shall revenge myself in the cruelest way you can imagine. I shall forget it. |
 | A mule will labor ten years willingly and patiently for you, for the privilege of kicking you once. |
 | Revenge is for children and the emotionally retarded. |
 | Living well is the best revenge. |
 | Interpretation is the revenge of the intellectual upon art. — Susan Sontag, 1933-2004, American writer, critic, activist |
 | There is no finer revenge than that which others inflict on your enemy. Moreover, it has the advantage of leaving you the role of a generous man. |
Ancient Greek
 | You pay the hit with a hit. Τύμμα τύμματι τίσαι. — Aeschylus, 525-456 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Agamemnon 6 likes |
Proverbs
 | Revenge is sweet. 7 likes |
| Revenge is a dish best served cold. 4 likes |
 | Don't get mad, get even. 2 likes |
Movie Quotes
 | Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die! — from the film The Princess Bride (1987) 7 likes |
