Vengeance would have us assault an enemy's pride to beat him down. But vengeance hides a dangerous truth, for a humbled foe gains patience, courage, strength, and greater determination.

A red-cape game of retribution is dangerous when a fresh bull with bigger horns waits in the shadows.

Sweet revenge always turns bitter eventually.

Vengeance is a monster of appetite, forever bloodthirsty and never filled.

A society built upon a foundation of vengeance is a society doomed to destroy itself.

Vengeance, retaliation, retribution, revenge are deceitful brothers—vile, beguiling demons promising justifiable compensation to a pained soul for his losses. Yet in truth they craftily fester away all else of worth remaining.