Revenge Is Sweet Quotes

• It is commonly said that revenge is sweet, but to a calm and considerate mind, patience and forgiveness are sweeter.

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  Isaac Barrow

  Sweet   Revenge   Mind  

  Isaac Barrow (1720). “The Works of the Learned Isaac Barrow[...]”, p.331

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

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  Walter Scott

  Revenge   Thinking   Flames  

  Sir Walter Scott (1857). “Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field”, p.269

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• Life being what it is, one dreams of revenge.

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  Paul Gauguin

  Life   Dream   Revenge  

  Paul Gauguin (1921). “Gauguin's Intimate Journals”, p.16, Courier Corporation

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• In revenge and in love, woman is more barbarous than man.

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  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Love   Revenge   Women  

  Friedrich Nietzsche (2016). “Beyond Good and Evil”, p.79, Friedrich Nietzsche

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• Revenge is sweet but not nourishing.

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  Mason Cooley

  Sweet   Revenge   Revenge Is Sweet  

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• Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.

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  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Love   Peace   Kings  

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.115, Beacon Press

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• Revenge, at first though sweet, Bitter ere long back on itself recoils.

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  John Milton

  Sweet   Revenge   Long  

  John Milton (1826). “The Poetical Works of John Milton”, p.153

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• In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.

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  Francis Bacon

  Forgiveness   Revenge   Anger  

  Francis Bacon (1765). “The works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord High Chancellor of England, in five volumes”, p.515

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• Revenge is sweeter than life itself. So think fools.

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  Juvenal

  Revenge   Thinking   Fool  

  "Satires". Book by Juvenal, XIII, line 180, 1890.

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• Revenge, the sweetest morsel to the mouth that ever was cooked in hell.

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  Walter Scott

  Revenge   Mouths   Hell  

  Walter Scott (1875). “Waverley Novels: The heart of Mid-Lothian”, p.244

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• To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.

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  Alexander Pope

  Spiritual   Revenge   Hate  

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• Revenge is a dish best served cold.

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  Ricardo Montalban

  Revenge   Food   Animated Series  

  "Fictional character: Khan Noonien Singh". "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan", 1982.

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• Revenge is sweet and not fattening.

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  Alfred Hitchcock

  Sweet   Revenge   Fattening  

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• Revenge is not always sweet, once it is consummated we feel inferior to our victim.

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  Emile M. Cioran

  Sweet   Revenge   Victim  

  "History and Utopia". Book by Emile M. Cioran, 1960.

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• Revenge is often like biting a dog because the dog bit you.

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  Austin O'Malley

  Dog   Revenge   Anger  

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• Like vichyssoise, revenge is a dish best served cold.

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  Stephen Fry

  Revenge   Animated Series   Kill Bill  

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• It [revenge] is sweeter far than flowing honey.

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  Homer

  Revenge   Honey   Revenge Is Sweet  

  "Iliad". Poem by Homer, XVIII,

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• People don't remember. Revenge is sweet.

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  Tracey Emin

  Sweet   Revenge   People  

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• You cannot get ahead while you are getting even.

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  Dick Armey

  Success   Wisdom   Revenge  

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• The best revenge is massive success.

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  Frank Sinatra

  Inspirational   Life   Motivational  

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• If revenge is sweet, why does it leave such a bitter taste? In disarming Peter, Christ disarmed ever knight. Turn the other cheek.

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  Angela Elwell Hunt

  Sweet   Revenge   Knights  

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• Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.

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  Samuel Johnson

  Revenge   Passion   Justice  

  Samuel Johnson, John Walker (1827). “A Dictionary of the English Language”, p.617

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