No. 14.
Seventy Resolutions (1722-1723)
“Fool that I am," said he,"that I did not tear out my heart the day I resolved to revenge myself".”
Alexandre Dumas book The Count of Monte Cristo
Variant: What a fool I was, not to tear my heart out on the day when I resolved to avenge myself!
Source: The Count of Monte Cristo
“I may be down, but never out. An infantry officer can do anything.”
Colin Powell (1937) Former U.S. Secretary of State and retired four-star general
Source: It Worked For Me: In Life and Leadership (2012), p. 6
François-Noël Babeuf (1760–1797) French political agitator and journalist of the French Revolutionary period
Il ne s'est jamais rien fait de grand dans le monde que par le courage et la fermeté d'un seul homme qui brave les préjugés de la multitude.
[in Gracchus Babeuf avec les Egaux, Jean-Marc Shiappa, Les éditions ouvrières, 1991, 43, 27082 2892-7]
On prejudices
“Revenge is for dreams…never for reality.”
Alfred Bester book The Stars My Destination
Source: The Stars My Destination (1956), Chapter 12 (p. 194).
Uriah Shelton (1997) American actor and singer
Source: Interview with Uriah Shelton https://www.scifiandscary.com/interview-with-uriah-shelton/ (28 May 2017)
Narendra Modi (1950) Prime Minister of India
Interview with media outlet, quoted by First Post, "People don't vote me to power to take revenge: Modi" http://www.firstpost.com/politics/people-dont-vote-me-to-power-to-take-revenge-modi-1483319.html (16 April 2014). <br class="br">2014
“But the only way never to do the wrong thing is never to do anything.”
Jim Butcher book White Night
Source: White Night
“There are 6 reasons that a person does anything: Love, faith, greed, boredom, fear… revenge.”
Ally Carter book Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover
Source: Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover
