“The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.”
Marcus Aurelius book Meditations
VI, 6
Variant: The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.
Source: Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book VI
“The best revenge, like the best sex, is performed slowly, and with the eyes open.”
— Gregory David Roberts, book Shantaram
Source: Shantaram
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