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Vengeance is a dish best eaten cold
Vengeance is a dish best eaten cold
Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.
Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.
Revenge is the abject pleasure of an abject mind.
Revenge is the abject pleasure of an abject mind.
Vengeance is not the point; change is. But the trouble is that in most [people's] minds the thought of victory read more
Vengeance is not the point; change is. But the trouble is that in most [people's] minds the thought of victory and the thought of punishing the enemy coincide.
Vengeance has no foresight.
Vengeance has no foresight.
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.
No one delights more in vengeance than a woman.
Juvenal, Satires, XIII.
No one delights more in vengeance than a woman.
Juvenal, Satires, XIII.
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.
The rarer action is In virtue than in vengeance.
The rarer action is In virtue than in vengeance.