| Quote | Author | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
The whole idea of revenge and punishment is a childish day-dream. Properly speaking, there is no such thing as revenge. Revenge is an act which you want to commit when you are powerless and because you are powerless: as soon as the sense of impotence is removed, the desire evaporates also. |
George Orwell | 1903 – 1950 | |
Indeed, it’s always a paltry, feeble, tiny mind that takes pleasure in revenge. |
Juvenal | c. 100 | Knowles, E. (1999). The Oxford dictionary of quotations. Oxford: Oxford University Press. |
Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that. |
Martin Luther King Jr. | 1929 – 1968 | |
A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green. |
Francis Bacon | 1561 – 1626 | Knowles, E. (1999). The Oxford dictionary of quotations. Oxford: Oxford University Press. |
Justice is the constant and perpetual wish to render to every one his due. |
Emperor Justinian | c. 482 – 565 | Knowles, E. (1999). The Oxford dictionary of quotations. Oxford: Oxford University Press. |
Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more man’s nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out. |
Francis Bacon | 1561 – 1626 | Knowles, E. (1999). The Oxford dictionary of quotations. Oxford: Oxford University Press. |
Revenge is not always sweet: once it is consummated we feel inferior to our victim. |
Emil Cioran | 1911 – 1995 | History & Utopia (1960) |