Francis Bacon Revenge Quotations

A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well

Revenge is a kind of wild justice.

This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge keeps his wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well.

A man who contemplates revenge keeps his wounds green.

Deformed persons commonly take revenge on nature.

In revenge a man is but even with his enemy; for it is a princely thing to pardon, and Solomon saith it is the glory of a man to pass over a transgression.

There is no passion in the mind of man so weak, but it mates and masters the fear of death . . . Revenge triumphs over death; love slights it; honor aspireth to it; grief flieth to it.

A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.

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