Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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Things don't go wrong and break your heart so you can become bitter and give...

Things don't go wrong and break your heart so you can become bitter and give...

You find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir,...

You find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir,...

Players, Sir! I look upon them as no better than creatures set upon tables and...

Players, Sir! I look upon them as no better than creatures set upon tables and...

To be free it is not enough to beat the system, one must beat the...

To be free it is not enough to beat the system, one must beat the...

Don't think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you...

Don't think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you...

Worth seeing? Yes; but not worth going to see.

Worth seeing? Yes; but not worth going to see.

All theory is against the freedom of the will; all experience for it

All theory is against the freedom of the will; all experience for it

Inconsistencies cannot both be right; but, imputed to man, they may both be true

Inconsistencies cannot both be right; but, imputed to man, they may both be true

Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are...

Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are...

To cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.

To cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.

It is not from reason and prudence that people marry, but from inclination

It is not from reason and prudence that people marry, but from inclination

No man was ever great by imitation.

No man was ever great by imitation.

Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.

Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.

You can't be in politics unless you can walk in a room and know in...

You can't be in politics unless you can walk in a room and know in...

Prepare for death, if here at night you roam, and sign your will before you...

Prepare for death, if here at night you roam, and sign your will before you...

Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.

Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.

It is better a man should be abused than forgotten.

It is better a man should be abused than forgotten.

Adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to...

Adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to...

It is better to live rich than to die rich.

It is better to live rich than to die rich.

There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge,...

There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge,...