Quotes About Eye for an eye

There's no denying the horror of the atrocities they inflicted, but they think they had just cause. That's rubbish, of course. All you get from an eye for an eye is a lot of people stumbling around in the dark.

I've given this a great deal of thought and what I've realized is that revenge doesn't have to be an eye for an eye. Retaliation can take any number of forms. It doesn't need to be crude or obvious. The point is, the pain should be equivalent; not tit for tat but something comparable.

To get their attention, start lobbing the light grenades (That burst and blind them with the truth! An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth!)

A person who is seeking to feel justification for some action might move from "What you've done angers me" to "What you've done is wrong." Popular justifications include the moral high ground of righteous indignation and the more simple equation known by its biblical name: an eye for an eye.

If someone messes with me, I'm going to mess with them.

Burning for burning; wound for wound: strife for strife.

The South is the home of 'an eye for an eye.' 'Turning the other cheek'? The South can't see that.

An eye for an eye." "That's a revenge thing, right? From some play." "The Bible, darling. The Lord of all plays.

lex talionis

If a man destroys the eye of another man, they shall destroy his eye.

He was going to kill you," she said. "And me. Fair's fair. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a candy for a candy, a penny for your thoughts." "Still and all. We don't kill unless we have to." River reflected on this, then smiled brightly. "Okay! That's a good rule." "I like to think so.

An arm for an arm!

an eye for an eye

The thirst for vengeance did not wait for Islam to appear in the world, and the appeal to the law of an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth is universal.

an eye for an eye is smart, see, but love is dumb, lovers are fools.

I think it was smart that you're wary of using the word "terrorism," and if you talk about the cycle of violence, or "an eye for an eye," you could be perpetuating the idea that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a balanced conflict, instead of a largely unarmed people against the fourth most powerful military in the world.

Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

You believe an eye for an eye until you are put in that situation. If they kill those guys, it really doesn't mean much to me. My father is gone.

An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.

Life for life, Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, Hand for hand, foot for foot. Burning for burning, wound for wound, Stripe for stripe

I'm a fighter. I believe in the eye-for-an-eye business. I'm no cheek turner. I got no respect for a man who won't hit back. You kill my dog, you better hide your cat.

I'm a fighter. I believe in the eye-for-an-eye business. I'm no cheek turner. I got no respect for a man who won't hit back. You kill my dog, you better hide your cat.

But Nahash the Ammonite replied, “I will make a treaty with you on one condition, that I may put out everyoneís right eye and bring reproach upon all Israel.”