Source identified
Read & copy the quotation
“The best way of avenging thyself is not to become like the wrong-doer.”
- Date
- c. 170
- English wording
- George Long — Translator · from Ancient Greek
Meaning of “The best way of avenging thyself is not…”
Retaliation can reproduce the conduct we condemn; the stronger response is to preserve one’s own standards.
Where does it come from?
Meditations, Book VI, in George Long’s translation.
