Quotes about Revenge

The man brought John’s head on a platter and presented it to the girl, who gave it to her mother.

When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.

Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”

Give back to her as she has done to others; pay her back double for what she has done; mix her a double portion in her own cup.

Fear is the anticipation of the pain in the future. Anger is the remembrance of pain in the past. Hostility is wanting to get even.

Wage of rage of revenge ain't worth it. What's the point of being enslaved by a slave?

The artist will have had his revenge for being made to wait, A revenge not only necessary but right and clever-- Simply to leave him out of the scene forever.

to the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee.

Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.

My dear sister, it is my belief that it is actually one's duty to paint the rich and magnificent aspects of nature. We need gaiety and happiness, hope and love. The more ugly, old, mean, ill, poor I get, the more I want to take my revenge by producing a brilliant colour, well arranged, resplendent.

Our confused society badly needs a community of contrast, a counter-culture of ordinary pilgrims who insist on living a different way. We can make the world stop and think before pulling a trigger, or exacting revenge, or neglecting the vulnerable, or practising euthanasia on those it deems 'devoid of value'.

There is one major flaw in the law of revenge, however: it never settles the score.