Cycle of Revenge/Quotes

Before setting out on the path of revenge, first dig two graves.

—Chinese proverb

All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.

—The Bible (King James Version), Matthew 26:52

An eye for an eye will make the whole world blind.

—Mohandas K. (Mahatma) Gandhi

Revenge is like a ghost. Its thirst cannot be quenched... until the last man standing has fallen.

—Vladimir Makarov, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

X: For every vengeance there is an equal and opposite revengeance. This is the one law of animated cartoon motion that also applies to the physical world at large. For that reason, we need the relief of watching it happen to a duck instead.

—The Laws of Cartoon Physics

Revenge is never full, it kills the soul and then poisons it.

—Don Ramon, El Chavo del Ocho

Justice belongs to those who claim it, but let the claimant beware lest he create new injustice by his claim and thus set the bloody pendulum of revenge into its inexorable motion.

—Gowachin aphorism

Perhaps it had to be done...but still, vengeance begets vengeance!

—Travis Touchdown, No More Heroes

Did you honestly think you could take so many lives and never suffer retribution? Have you never even seen a kung-fu movie, spy flick or western? Shakespeare, for God's sake! Not only did you murder my father, but my two brothers as well! That is why I took your best friend's life. Make sense, Travis? It's called poetic justice.

—Jasper Batt Jr., No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle

This has happened before and it will happen again.

—Battlestar Galactica Reimagined

When you hurt people, they hurt you back.

—Shaman King

Make her pay

—Minor Arc Words from Homestuck