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• Science in England, in America, is jealous of theory, hates the name of love and moral purpose. There's revenge for this humanity.What manner of man does science make? The boy is not attracted. He says, I do not wish to be such a kind of man as my professor is.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Education, Hate, Jealous

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• If a man, notoriously and designedly, insults and affronts you, knock him down; but if he only injures you, your best revenge is to be extremely civil to him in your outward behaviour, though at the same time you counterwork him, and return him the compliment, perhaps with interest.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Men, Return, Behaviour

  Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield (1855). “The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author”, p.485

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• There is no passion of the human heart that promises so much and pays so little as revenge.

  Josh Billings

  Passion, Heart, Promise

  Josh Billings (1913). “Wit and Wisdom of Josh Billings [pseud.]: Choice Bits of Fun and Philosophy of the Great Humorist Carefully Collected and Revised”

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• The best sort of revenue is not to be like him who did the injury.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Injury, Revenue

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• There is no passion that so much transports men from their right judgments as anger. No one would demur upon punishing a judge with death who should condemn a criminal upon the account of his own choler; why then should fathers and pedants be any more allowed to whip and chastise children in their anger? It is then no longer correction bat revenge. Chastisement is instead of physic to children; and should we suffer a physician who should be animated against and enraged at his patient?

  Michel de Montaigne

  Children, Father, Anger

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• While we somehow understand revenge on an intuitive level between individuals, I do suspect that companies, assuming that people are rational, completely miss and underestimate the motivation people have for revenge.

  Dan Ariely

  Motivation, People, Missing

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• The truly great man is as apt to forgive as his power is able to revenge.

  Philip Sidney

  Forgiveness, Men, Forgiving

  Sir Philip Sidney, Jane Porter (1807). “Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks”, p.54

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• Death is the great leveller.

  Claudius Claudianus

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• Who hath not courage to revenge will never find generosity to forgive.

  Henry Home, Lord Kames

  Courage, Generosity, Forgiving

  Henry HOME (Lord Kames.) (1789). “Introduction to the Art of Thinking. Fourth edition, enlarged, etc”, p.10

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• Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity, or registering wrongs. With this creed, revenge never worries my heart, degradation never too deeply disgusts me, injustice never crushes me too low. I live in calm, looking to the end.

  Charlotte Bronte

  Crush, Peace, Heart

  Charlotte Bronte (2004). “Jane Eyre”, p.26, Variocity

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• Neglect kills injuries, revenge increases them.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Injury, Neglect, Increase

  Benjamin Franklin (2004). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.172, Barnes & Noble Publishing

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• Is it stupidity or is it moral cowardice which leads men to continue professing a creed that makes self-sacrifice a cardinal principle, while they urge the sacrificing of others, even to the death, when they trespass against us? Is it blindness, or is it an insance inconsistency, which makes them regard as most admirable the bearing of evil for the benefit of others, while they lavish admiration on those who, out of revenge, inflict great evils in return for small ones suffered? Surely our barbarian code of right needs revision, and our barbarian standard of honour should be somewhat changed.

  Herbert Spencer

  Sacrifice, Men, Self

  Herbert Spencer (1910). “Works: The study of sociology”

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• No one messes around with a nerd's computer and escapes unscathed.

  E. A. Bucchianeri

  Nerd, Computer, Mess

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• At least Satan fell; he has a history, and it's one of revenge.

  Ian McDiarmid

  Satan

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• Revenge is not a positive state of mind or energy to indulge your self in.

  Michael K. Williams

  Self, Mind, Energy

  Interview with Kyle Ryan, www.avclub.com. March 10, 2008.

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• There is no book which tells of a more infamous monster than the Old Testament, with its Jehovah of murder and cruelty and revenge, unless it be the New Testament, which arms its God with hell, and extends his outrages throughout all eternity!

  Helen H. Gardener

  Book, Atheism, Monsters

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• I've waited almost 10 months for this revenge, I know I deserve it.

  Sergio Martinez

  Motivation, Months, Fighter

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• The essence of practice is always the same: instead of falling prey to a chain reaction of revenge or self-hatred, we gradually learn to catch the emotional reaction and drop the story lines.

  Pema Chodron

  Fall, Emotional, Self

  Pema Chodron (2002). “The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times”, p.46, Shambhala Publications

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• It has been said that the sin of ingratitude is more serious than the sin of revenge. With revenge, we return evil for evil, but with ingratitude, we return evil for good.

  W. Eugene Hansen

  Gratitude, Evil, Return

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• Love doesn't please itself by seeking revenge. Love sacrifices itself for the good of others.

  Kerrelyn Sparks

  Sacrifice, Please, Seeking

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• The best revenge is a life well lived.

  Chloe Neill

  Best Revenge, Life Well Lived, Wells

  Chloe Neill (2010). “Twice Bitten: A Chicagoland Vampires Novel”, p.191, Penguin

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• My revenge is fraternity! No more frontiers! The Rhine for everyone! Let us be the same Republic, let us be the United States of Europe, let us be the continental federation, let us be European liberty, let us be universal peace!

  Victor Hugo

  Country, Europe, Liberty

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• Once [a soul] is condemned by God, then God's friends agree in God's judgment and condemnation. For all eternity they will not have a kind thought for this wretch. Rather they will be satisfied to see him in the flames as a victim of God's justice. ("The just shall rejoice when he shall see the revenge . . ." Psalm 57:11) They will abhor him. A mother will look from paradise upon her own condemned son without being moved, as though she had never known him.

  Anthony Mary Claret

  Mother, Son, Flames

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• Treat all fairly or they will seek revenge.

  Christopher Paolini

  Eragon, Treats

  Christopher Paolini (2014). “The Inheritance Cycle Complete Collection: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance”, p.89, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• The problem with revenge is that it never evens the score. It ties both the injured and the injurer to an escalator of pain. Both are stuck on the escalator as long as parity is demanded, and the escalator never stops.

  Lewis B. Smedes

  Pain, Ties, Long

  "Why Charging People With Homicide For Overdose Deaths Is Revenge And Not Justice" by Brooke M. Feldman, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 12, 2017.

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