“Wrong no man by doing injuries, or omitting the benefits that are your duty.”
Thomas Jackson (1824–1863) Confederate general
Misattributed, Jackson's personal book of maxims
“Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.”
— Marcus Aurelius, book Meditations
Source: Meditations
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