Resolved, never to do anything out of revenge.

We should do nothing for revenge, but everything for security: nothing for the past; everything for the present and the future.

Our goal is never revenge, just restoration. Not dominance, just dignity. Not fear, just freedom. Just justice.

Never wound a foe when you can kill him. Dead men don’t claim vengeance.

Let us do nothing through passion and ill temper.

The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.

Violence should not always beget more violence.

[D]espite the indignation and horror with which most of us regard the actions of the Provisionals, we must not allow our policy to be dictated by revenge or by passion. If we do, we shall not only behave in an immoral way; we shall lose the battle.

The politician has not to revenge what has happened but to ensure that it does not happen again.

The best revenge is not to be like that.

Don't carry a grudge.

But still anger ought be far from us, for nothing is able to be done rightly nor judiciously with anger.

Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.

Do not seek pleasure for its own sake.