Taking Revenge Quotes:

The weapon of suicide bombing is so desperate that you aren't even left with the possibility of taking revenge or punishing anyone; the terrorist is killed along with his victims, his blood mixing with theirs

- A. B. Yehoshua

topic: Suicide, Revenge, Blood, Exacting Revenge, Bombing

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

- Francis Bacon

topic: Forgiveness, Revenge, Anger, Best Revenge, Passing It

Forgiveness is better than revenge, for forgiveness is the sign of a gentle nature, but revenge is the sign of a savage nature.

- Jerome Isaac Friedman

source: As quoted by Diogenes Laërtius in "Life of Pittacus", i. 76,

topic: Forgiveness, Revenge, Savages, Getting Revenge, Taking Revenge

To take revenge halfheartedly is to court disaster; either condemn or crown your hatred.

- Pierre Corneille

topic: Life And Love, Revenge, Hatred, Exacting Revenge, Taking Revenge

Men should be either treated generously or destroyed, because they take revenge for slight injuries - for heavy ones they cannot.

- Niccolo Machiavelli

topic: Revenge, Men, Hustle, Exacting Revenge, Taking Revenge

Forgiveness is better than revenge, for forgiveness is the sign of a gentle nature, but revenge is the sign of a savage nature. the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace.

- Epictetus

topic: Forgiveness, Revenge, Grace, Getting Revenge, Taking Revenge

If you're a Bosnian and suddenly you get attacked by the Serbs, there's just one way of getting rid of your opponents. It's taking revenge and trying to fight as hard as you can.

- Gaspar Noe

topic: Revenge, Fighting, Trying, Bosnians, Taking Revenge

I really wanted to get out of that cycle in our family where somebody's taking revenge on somebody for some slight that happened thirty years ago, and the only way to assert one's existence is by climbing over the body of an unfortunate sibling, or with a fellow family member, and you end up even unconsciously rejoicing in the other person's unhappiness and being like, I am happy because I can see how unhappy these other people are.

- Marco Roth

source: Source: therumpus.net

topic: Revenge, Sibling, Climbing, Taking Revenge

The terrorists want civil war. Al-Qaida is attacking Shiites. The Shiite militias are taking revenge on the Sunnis. And the Sunnis are become more extremist, with some joining al-Qaida.

- Zalmay Khalilzad

source: Source: www.spiegel.de

topic: Revenge, War, Joining, Taking Revenge

I know forgiveness is a man's duty, but, to my thinking, that can only mean as you're to give up all thoughts o' taking revenge: it can never mean as you're t' have your old feelings back again, for that's not possible.

- George Eliot

source: George Eliot (2016). “Adam Bede”, p.403, George Eliot

topic: Giving Up, Revenge, Mean, Old Feelings, Back Again

Revenge is the thinking man's reflex, a complex blend of action and consistency no other animal species has so far succeeded in evolving. Evolutionary speaking, the practice of taking revenge has shown itself to the so effective that only the most vengeful of us have survived.

- Jo Nesbo

topic: Revenge, Animal, Men, Vengeful, Taking Revenge

In taking revenge upon our enemies, we are only even with them; in passing over their malice we are superior.

- Charlotte Lennox

source: Mrs.charlotte lennox. (1762). “Sophia”, p.139

topic: Forgiveness, Revenge, Enemy, Taking Revenge