You cannot get ahead while you are getting even.

You cannot get ahead while you are getting even.

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.

No one rejoices more in revenge than woman.
[Lat., Vindicta
Nemo magis gaudet quam foemina.]

No one rejoices more in revenge than woman.
[Lat., Vindicta
Nemo magis gaudet quam foemina.]

An eye for an eye would make the whole world blind.

An eye for an eye would make the whole world blind.

Behold, on wrong
Swift vengeance waits; and art subdues the strong.

Behold, on wrong
Swift vengeance waits; and art subdues the strong.

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.

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

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

One sole desire, one passion now remains
To keep life's fever still within his veins,
Vengeance! dire read more

One sole desire, one passion now remains
To keep life's fever still within his veins,
Vengeance! dire vengeance on the wretch who cast
O'er him and all he lov'd that ruinous blast.

Vengeance to God alone belongs;
But, when I think of all my wrongs
My blood is liquid read more

Vengeance to God alone belongs;
But, when I think of all my wrongs
My blood is liquid flame!