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Revenge16 quotes
Hello. My name is Iñigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die. — Inigo Montoya · 1987Living well is the best revenge. — George Herbert · 1633It is never right to do wrong or to requite wrong with wrong, or when we suffer evil to defend ourselves by doing evil in return. — Socrates · 399 BCThe path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men.
Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will
Shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness
For he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children.
And I will strike down upon thee
With great vengeance and furious anger
Those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers
And you will know my name is the Lord
When I lay my vengeance upon thee. — Jules Winnfield · 1994Make no mistake—It's not revenge he's after. It's a reckonin'. — Doc Holliday · 1993Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it do singe yourself. — William Shakespeare · 1613All 16 quotes →Cycle of violence1 quote
You talk about vengeance. Is vengeance going to bring your son back to you or my boy to me? — Don Vito Corleone · 1972Enemies1 quote
Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it do singe yourself. — William Shakespeare · 1613Eye for an eye1 quote
It is never right to do wrong or to requite wrong with wrong, or when we suffer evil to defend ourselves by doing evil in return. — Socrates · 399 BCJustice1 quote
It is never right to do wrong or to requite wrong with wrong, or when we suffer evil to defend ourselves by doing evil in return. — Socrates · 399 BCLiving well1 quote
Living well is the best revenge. — George Herbert · 1633Retaliation1 quote
It is never right to do wrong or to requite wrong with wrong, or when we suffer evil to defend ourselves by doing evil in return. — Socrates · 399 BCWomen1 quote
Sweet is revenge—especially to women. — Lord Byron · 1819