Francis Quarles Quotes

Resentment is the poison we drink, hoping it will hurt others.

The hater always suffers more than the object of his hatred.

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

Hatred, in the course of time, kills the unhappy wretch who delights in nursing it in his bosom.

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

Despise your enemy and you will soon be beaten.

Malice hath a strong memory.

I planted a seed of hatred in my heart. I swore it would grow to be a massive tree whose roots would strangle them all.

Enmity is anger watching the opportunity for revenge.

Whom they have injured they also hate.

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

Resentment is like drinking 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.

Hatred is settled anger.

I still got the nasty in me.

It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.

Those who hate you don't win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself.

Hatred corrodes the container it’s carried in.

Is there any pleasure in anger? Yes, if the fire of my anger appeases the ashes of my friends.

People find pleasure in hating someone. I think it's the beginning of kali. If someone has betrayed you, it's understandable that you hate them. But hating someone you don't even know... that's something I will never understand.

If I wanted to punish an enemy, it should be by fastening on him the trouble of constantly hating somebody.

Wretched are those who are vindictive and spiteful.

The bare recollection of anger kindles anger.

In hatred as in love, we grow like the thing we brood upon. What we loathe, we graft into our very soul.