"It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil."
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"The Wrong we have Done, Thought, or Intended Will wreak its Vengeance on Our SOULS."
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"The wave of evil washes all our institutions alike."
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"I'll go for things that I know are going to be wrong, with a vengeance"
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"I am weary of your quarrels, Weary of your wars and bloodshed, Weary of your prayers for vengeance, Of your wranglings and dissensions"
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"Imagine ... Imagine no religion."
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"When you abort the first born of any, nature takes its vengeance on the subsequent children."
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"I'm a religious person. I remember my mom told me: 'Vengeance belongs to God. It's up to him to wreak vengeance.' It's hard for me to get to that point, but that's the work of God."
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"How unfortunate for mankind that the Lord is reported by Holy Writ as having said 'Vengeance is mine!'"
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"A tardy vengeance shares the tyrant's guilt."
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"To Foreswear vengeance is to chain oneself to forgiveness, to flounder in pardon, to be tainted by the hatred smothered within."
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"While the Lord might insist that vengeance was His, no male Highlander of my acquaintance had ever thought it right that the Lord should be left to handle such things without assistance."
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"What the vengeance, could he not speak 'em fair?"
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"Justice is for the victim.” Kick. “Vengeance is for the survivor."
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"But secondly you say 'society must exact vengeance, and society must punish'. Wrong on both counts. Vengeance comes from the individual and punishment from God."
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"You promised him vengeance as well.' 'I promised him justice.' 'Call it what you will. It still comes down to blood." - Tywin & Tyrion"
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"We occupy the planet with a vengeance. We seek to dominate it."
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"God pours out love upon all with a lavish hand -- but He reserves vengeance for His very own."
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"Religion-freedom-vengeance-what you will, A word's enough to raise mankind to kill."
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