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February 12, 2009

Thursday Thirteen

An Eye for An Eye

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Thursday Thirteen

I had a couple of topics ready to do a TT, but I’m feeling grumpy and a bit bloodthirsty today so I decided to do my TT on REVENGE.

1. Some philosophers would give a sex to revenge, and appropriate it almost exclusively to the female mind. But, like most other vices, it is of both genders; yet, because wounded vanity and slighted love are the two most powerful excitements to revenge, it has been thought, perhaps, to rage with more violence in the female heart. ~ Charles Caleb Colton

2. An eye for an eye would make the whole world blind. ~ Ghandi.

3. Revenge is a bitch. ~ Anonymous

4. Live well. It is the greatest revenge. ~ The Talmud

5. Revenge converts a little right into a great wrong. ~ German Proverb

6. Well, remember what you said, because in a day or two, I’ll have a witty and blistering retort! You’ll be devastated THEN! ~ Calvin & Hobbes

7. You cannot get ahead while you are getting even. ~ Dick Armey

8. Revenge is often like biting a dog because the dog bit you. ~ Austin O’Malley

9. Don’t get mad, get even. ~ Robert F Kennedy

10. Something of vengeance I had tasted for the first time; as aromatic wine it seemed, on swallowing, warm and racy: its after-flavor, metallic and corroding, gave me a sensation as if I had been poisoned. ~ Charlotte Bronte

11. That old law about “an eye for an eye” leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing. ~ Martin Luther King Jnr.

12. Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves. ~ Confucius

13. Revenge… is like a rolling stone, which, when a man hath forced up a hill, will return upon him with a greater violence, and break those bones whose sinews gave it motion. ~ Albert Schweitzer

I’m sure like most people, you’ve thought about revenge and maybe carried it out. It’s human. I mean I kill people off in books all the time… Just sayin’…
What do you think about revenge? Good, bad or ugly?

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19 Comments

  1. Sandra Cox
    Sandra Cox on February 12, 2009 at 5:37 am

    I love Ghandi’s

  2. Adelle Laudan
    Adelle Laudan on February 12, 2009 at 6:05 am

    Revenge takes way too much energy. I’ll stick with number four. LOL
    Happy Valentine Day!

  4. Ms Menozzi
    Ms Menozzi on February 12, 2009 at 8:03 am

    Wow – excellent!

    I’m saving these for use, later on.

    Great list!
    Happy TT!

  5. Alice Audrey
    Alice Audrey on February 12, 2009 at 8:11 am

    Confucius forgot about the innocent bystanders. Better dig a whole hill full of graves.

  6. Stephanie Adkins
    Stephanie Adkins on February 12, 2009 at 8:46 am

    Ohhh I love these. :) Especially #2. So true. Happy Thursday! *HUGS*

  7. Susan Helene Gottfried
    Susan Helene Gottfried on February 12, 2009 at 8:53 am

    The first quote is sad because it reminds me of how catty we women can be toward each other. And for what?

    Well, I hope you feel better for this list. And that it’s not some arsonist you’ve got in mind — he’ll get his. Have no worries.

  8. Jennifer McKenzie
    Jennifer McKenzie on February 12, 2009 at 9:29 am

    I try and live by the “Living well is the best revenge” adage, but I’ve been known to kill people in my books too.

  9. Heather
    Heather on February 12, 2009 at 11:17 am

    Good, bad, or ugly? I think it depends on the slight and the revenge extracted. Sometimes giving people a bit of their own back can be healthy–NOT that i would ever do something like that. *Evil grin* Great quotes, Shelley!

  11. Amy W.
    Amy W. on February 12, 2009 at 2:02 pm

    Hmmm, I’d have to say number 2 is my favorite. It makes people feel guilty and then enact their own revenge upon themselves. Mwahahahahahaha! Sorry did my evil laugh slip out? Won’t happen again… I promise.
    Cheers!

  12. mel
    mel on February 12, 2009 at 2:33 pm

    Nice. I love quotes. Love the second the best.

  13. Amy Ruttan
    Amy Ruttan on February 12, 2009 at 3:09 pm

    I live happy and good and slaughter them in fiction and in my mind. Muwahahaha :mad:

  14. Nicola O.
    Nicola O. on February 12, 2009 at 4:55 pm

    Revenge can be good but karma is better. :wink:

  15. R.J. Lebeau
    R.J. Lebeau on February 12, 2009 at 6:50 pm

    I’m with Nicola. Karma has a way of making things right in the world that I can’t.

  16. Paz
    Paz on February 12, 2009 at 8:13 pm

    Very cool post.

    Revenge: Sometimes it’s worth it, sometimes it isn’t. Depends on the way it’s handled.

    Paz

  17. Suzanne
    Suzanne on February 12, 2009 at 8:33 pm

    Revenge:
    I use to believe in helping Karma along it’s path with a little magic now and again.
    Mind you, I have not done it for some years, as I couldn’t be bothered. So I leave it to Karma.
    Revenge is not worth the trouble, the stress, or time or the spells that just go a little too far. :)

    Suzanne :)

  18. Colleen Love
    Colleen Love on February 12, 2009 at 9:55 pm

    Number 4 is my favorite one! Best revenge ever!! hehe :grin:

    Great TT!

  19. Janice~
    Janice~ on February 12, 2009 at 11:05 pm

    Revenge to me is being successful, and then let those suckers sulk.

    Happy TT, and happy V-day.

    Janice~