1,350 Quotes About Revenge


  • Author Virgil
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    There may be no great honour in killing a woman; such a victory can bring no fame. But I shall have some credit for having stamped dead a mortal sin, and punished a wrong which cries out for justice; and it will be joy to have gutted my desire for the vengeance of the fire and satisfied the ashes of all that were ever dear to me.

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  • Author Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly
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    So this had been going on for three months?' asked Tressignies--not daring to specify what *this* referred to; his vagueness was in fact more horrible than precison would have been.'Yes,' she said. 'Three months.' Then she added, 'But what's three months? It takes time to cook and cook some more this dish of vengeance I'm preparing for him, to pay back for that heart of Esteban's that he wouldn't let me eat ...

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