Voices of Character
Integrity
“The best way of avenging thyself is not to become like the wrong doer.”
— Marcus Aurelius
The voice
Marcus Aurelius
Meditations, Book VI · George Long translation
Why this voice matters
Another person’s conduct does not have to become our character. The disciplined response is to refuse the imitation of what harmed us.
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