“When a man has done thee any wrong, immediately consider with what… — Marcus Aurelius

Stoic

When a man has done thee any wrong, immediately consider with what opinion about good or evil he has done wrong. For when thou hast seen this, thou wilt pity him, and wilt neither wonder nor be angry.

— Marcus AureliusStoic

From George Long, Meditations VII.26 (1862)

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