Quotes about revenge
revenge ignorance hands
Terrorism is a state of mind that on the one hand has to do with ignorance and, on the other hand, can be attributed to a feeling of desperation over the political situation, which at some point takes the form of revenge. Bashar al-Assad
revenge mean fighting
He who wishes to revenge injuries by reciprocal hatred will live in misery. But he who endeavors to drive away hatred by means of love, fights with pleasure and confidence; he resists equally one or many men, and scarcely needs at all the help of fortune. Those whom he conquers yield joyfully Baruch Spinoza
revenge consciousness habit
Expelled from individual consciousness by the rush of change, history finds its revenge by stamping the collective unconsciousness with habits and values. Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
revenge laughter heart
I like women who haven’t lived with too many men. I don’t expect virginity but I simply prefer women who haven’t been rubbed raw by experience. There is a quality about women who choose men sparingly; it appears in their walk in their eyes in their laughter and in their gentle hearts. Women who have had too many men seem to choose the next one out of revenge rather than with feeling. When you play the field selfishly everything works against you: one can’t insist on love or demand affection. You’re finally left with whatever you have been willing to give which often is: nothing. Charles Bukowski
revenge anger character
Of ill-temper there are three kinds: irascibility, bitterness, sullenness. It belongs to the ill-tempered man to be unable to bear either small slights or defeats but to be given to retaliation and revenge, and easily moved to anger by any chance deed or word. Ill-temper is accompanied by excitability of character, instability, bitter speech, and liability to take offence at trifles and to feel these feelings quickly and on slight occasions. Aristotle
revenge attachment bitterness
Gentleness is the ability to bear reproaches and slights with moderation, and not to embark on revenge quickly, and not to be easily provoked to anger, but be free from bitterness and contentiousness, having tranquility and stability in the spirit. Aristotle
revenge sacrifice trying
You kill yourself and you make a big old sacrifice and try to get your revenge. That all you're gonna end up with is a paragraph in a newspaper. In the end, it does nothing. Nothing changes. The world goes on and you're gone. The best revenge is to live on and prove yourself. Eddie Vedder
revenge justice kind
Revenge was a very wild kind of justice ... Elizabeth Bowen
revenge excuse lost
I would like to take revenge but I'm not looking for excuses for having lost to her Elena Dementieva
revenge may teeth
May God keep you away from the venom of the cobra, the teeth of the tiger, and the revenge of the Afghans. Alexander the Great
revenge best-revenge improving-yourself
The best revenge is to improve yourself.
revenge military night
Night gangsters! For this crime I will exact a thousand fold revenge! Adolf Hitler
revenge drawing boredom
There are six reasons anyone does anything: Love. Faith. Greed. Boredom. Fear..." he said, ticking them off on his fingers; but he lingered on the last, drawing a deep breath before he said, "Revenge. Ally Carter
revenge boredom greed
There are 6 reasons that a person does anything: Love, faith, greed, boredom, fear... revenge. Ally Carter
revenge opponents conflict
Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own. James M. Barrie
revenge venice laughing
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
revenge lying heart
As readers, we are seldom interested in the fine sentiments of a lesson learnt; we seldom care about the good manners of morals. Repentance puts an end to conversation; forgiveness becomes the stuff of moralistic tracts. Revenge - bloodthirsty, justice-hungry revenge - is the very essence of romance, lying at the heart of much of the best fiction. Alberto Manguel
revenge integrity mind
But your mind is warped by an innate principle of general integrity, and, therefore, not accessible to the cool reasonings of family partiality, or a desire of revenge. Jane Austen
revenge facts urges
you know that the urge for revenge is a fact of marital life. Jane Smiley
revenge gay jocks
He put Ben Gay inside my jock strap and filled my tooth paste tube up with glue. Al Yankovic
revenge sight trying
Got a brand new semi-automatic weapon with a laser sight. Oh, I'm praying that somebody tries to break in here tonight. Al Yankovic
revenge intelligent true-evil
Gaffe-focused journalism: revenge of intelligent people who know true evils are out there but lack the access/time to get to them. Alain de Botton
revenge victory way
Most victories are, in the best way, acts of revenge. Alain de Botton
revenge nice justice
Is not Justice just a nice way to say revenge. Antonya Nelson
revenge children fire
Souls made of fire, and children of the sun, With whom revenge is virtue. Edward Young
revenge self honor
What is revenge but courage to call in our honor's debts, and wisdom to convert others' self-love into our own protection? Edward Young
revenge hate heart
In one consort there sat cruel revenge and rancorous despite, disloyal treason and heart-burning hate. Edmund Spenser
revenge ambition pride
History consists, for the greater part, of the miseries brought upon the world by pride, ambition, avarice, revenge, lust, sedition, hypocrisy, ungoverned zeal, and all the train of disorderly appetite. Edmund Burke
revenge ideas goes-on
Our history will be what we make of it. If we go on as we are, then history will take its revenge and retribution will not limp in catching up with us. So, just once in a while let us exhault the importance of ideas and information. Edward R. Murrow
revenge people said
The people who influenced me most were the people who said I would never make it. They gave me a thirst for revenge. Colin Mochrie
revenge best-revenge
The best revenge you can have on intellectuals is to be madly happy. Albert Camus
revenge men risk
Recklessness is almost a man's revenge on his woman. He feels he is not valued so he will risk destroying himself to deprive her altogether. D. H. Lawrence
revenge law-courts justice
There is no such thing as justice - in or out of court. Clarence Darrow