Best Revenge Quotes

• The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Inspirational, Revenge, Hatred

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• The best revenge is massive success.

  Frank Sinatra

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• The best revenge is to live on and prove yourself.

  Eddie Vedder

  Inspirational, Life, Revenge

  FaceBook post by Eddie Vedder from May 17, 2014

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• The best revenge against bullies is absolutely, resolutely, never to let them change who you are. Know that whatever bullies say or do - it comes from their weakness, not yours.

  Tom Hiddleston

  Revenge, Bully, Weakness

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• To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee.

  Herman Melville

  Life And Love, Hate, Heart

  Moby Dick ch. 135 (1851)

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• Gorgeous hair is the best revenge.

  Ivana Trump

  Beauty, Revenge, Hair

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• The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Revenge, Enemy

  "Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius, Book VI, (6), (c. 161 - 180 AD).

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• Don't get mad, get even.

  Robert Kennedy

  Inspiring, Revenge, Mad

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• The paradox of vengefulness is that it makes men dependent upon those who have harmed them, believing that their release from pain will come only when their tormentors suffer.

  Laura Hillenbrand

  Life, Pain, Believe

  Laura Hillenbrand (2010). “Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption”, p.366, Random House

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• The best revenge in the world is success.

  Suge Knight

  Revenge, World

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• 'Tis more noble to forgive, and more manly to despise, than to revenge an Injury.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Revenge, Forgiving, Noble

  Benjamin Franklin (2004). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.211, Barnes & Noble Publishing

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• We are to love our enemies that they might be returned to their right minds.

  Marianne Williamson

  Revenge, Compassion, Mind

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

  Stephen Fry

  Revenge, Animated Series, Kill Bill

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• Living well is the best revenge.

  George Herbert

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

  George Herbert (1853). “The poetical works of George Herbert [and The synagogue, by C. Harvey.]. With life, critical diss., and notes, by G. Gilfillan”, p.308

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• It is impossible to suffer without making someone pay for it; every complaint already contains revenge.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Revenge, Suffering, Pay

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• While seeking revenge, dig two graves - one for yourself.

  Douglas Horton

  Peace, Fear, Revenge

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• An eye for an eye leaves everybody blind.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Revenge, Eye

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2010). “Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story”, p.225, Beacon Press

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• Revenge is a dish best served cold.

  Ricardo Montalban

  Revenge, Food, Animated Series

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

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

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

  John Milton

  Sweet, Revenge, Long

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

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• A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.

  Francis Bacon

  Forgiveness, Revenge, Anger

  'Essays' (1625) 'Of Revenge'

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• Revenge is barren of itself: it is the dreadful food it feeds on; its delight is murder, and its end is despair.

  Friedrich Schiller

  Revenge, Despair, Delight

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• The best revenge is living well without you.

  Joyce Carol Oates

  Revenge, Without You, Live Well

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• To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Revenge, Imitation, Refrain

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• The best revenge is living well.

  Jerry Seinfeld

  Revenge, Live Well, Wells

  "Fictional character: Jerry Seinfeld". TV Series "Seinfeld" ("The Revenge", 1991), www.imdb.com. 1989-1998.

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