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Revenge

(noun) Any form of personal retaliatory action against an individual, institution, or group for some alleged or perceived harm or injustice. Example: "Indifference is the sweetest revenge."

19 QUOTES
"A bad war is fought with a good mind."
— George Washington
"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."
— Albert Einstein
"If you spend your time hoping someone will suffer the consequences for what they did to your heart, then you're allowing them to hurt you a second time in your mind."
— Shannon L. Alder
"The best revenge is not to do as they do."
— Marcus Aurelius
"An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind."
— Mahatma Gandhi
"If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it."
— George Washington
"He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster."
— Friedrich Nietzsche
"If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or objects."
— Albert Einstein
"Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated."
— George Bernard Shaw
"Weak people revenge. Strong people forgive. Intelligent People Ignore."
— Albert Einstein
"To refrain from imitation is the best revenge."
— Marcus Aurelius
"If I am not what you say I am, then you are not who you think you are."
— James Baldwin
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