Samuel Johnson Revenge Quotations

Revenge is the act of passion, vengeance is an act of justice.

To revenge reasonable incredulity by refusing evidence, is a degree of insolence with which the world is not yet acquainted; and stubborn audacity is the last refuge of guilt.

What ever the motive for the insult, it is always best to overlook it; for folly doesn't deserve resentment, and malice is punished by neglect.

There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.

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

Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.