“He who has injured thee was either stronger or weaker than thee. If weaker, spare him; if stronger, spare thyself.”

— Seneca the Younger , Moral Essays

De Ira (On Anger); Book III, Chapter V
Moral Essays

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Aut potentior te aut inbecillior laesit: si inbecillior, parce illi, si potentior, tibi.

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