Laurence Sterne Quotes

Forgiveness is too easy. I can forget by indifference, but not forgive. I prefer revenge.

I never forgive, but I always forget.

Unforgiveness is like drinking poison yourself and waiting for the other person to die.

Men never forgive those in whom there is nothing to pardon.

There is no ghost so difficult to lay as the ghost of an injury.

I never forget. I never forgive. I can wait. I find it very easy to harbor a grudge. I have scores to settle.

At the next vacancy for God, if I am elected, I shall forgive last the delicately wounded who, having been slugged no harder than anyone else, never got up again, neither to fight back, nor to finger their jaws in painful admiration.

Long memory, short fuse, big revenge.

But I don't forget and I don't forgive.

The word resentment means to re-feel...to feel again. Someone wrongs or wounds you; in resenting it, you re-feel the injury. And you re-hurt yourself. The Hebrew Talmud says that a person who bears a grudge is "Like one who, having cut one hand while handling a knife, avenges himself by stabbing the other hand."

He leant his two elbows on his knees, and his chin on his hands and remained rapt in dumb meditation. On my inquiring the subject of his thoughts, he answered gravely 'I'm trying to settle how I shall pay Hindley back. I don't care how long I wait, if I can only do it at last. I hope he will not die before I do!' 'For shame, Heathcliff!' said I. 'It is for God to punish wicked people; we should learn to forgive.' 'No, God won’t have the satisfaction that I shall,' he returned. 'I only wish I knew the best way! Let me alone, and I'll plan it out: while I'm thinking of that I don't feel pain.

Bitterness is the coward's revenge on the world for having been hurt.

Offend her, and she knows not to forgive; Oblige her, and she'll hate you while you live.

Little vicious minds abound with anger and revenge and are incapable of feeling te pleasure of forgiving their enemies.

I mean, who wants to live waking up... at least I don't want to live waking up everyday about revenge.

Wretched are those who are vindictive and spiteful.

Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.

I'm pretty Sicilian if I've been crossed. I don't seek revenge, but I never forget. And I make it hard to repair, which is not a great quality because if people held me to that standard, no one would be around me - ever.

Resentment is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die.

Hurt leads to bitterness, bitterness to anger, travel too far that road and the way is lost.

People say you have to work on your resentments. Yeah, no, I'm gonna hang onto them and they're gonna fuel my attack.

To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.

You cannot get ahead while you are getting even.

Those who easily forgive invite offenses.

Anger may repast with thee for an hour, but not repose for a night; the continuance of anger is hatred, the continuance of hatred turns malice.