“Vengeance, deep-brooding o'er the slain, Had locked the source of softer woe, And burning pride and high disdain Forbade the rising tear to flow”
Sir Walter Scott
“Nothing is more costly, nothing is more sterile, than vengeance”
Winston Churchill
“He who seeks vengeance must dig two graves: one for his enemy and one for himself”
Chinese Proverbs
“Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.”
Samuel Johnson
“Where vice is vengeance follows.”
Scottish Proverb
“When the blameless and the righteous die, the very gods for vengeance cry”
Vlad Taltos
“Something of vengeance I had tasted for the first time; as aromatic wine it seemed, on swallowing, warm and racy: its after-flavor, metallic and corroding, gave me a sensation as if I had been poisoned.”
Charlotte Bronte