"The best way to avenge yourself is to not be like that." -MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 6.6
("자신을 복수하는 가장 좋은 방법은 그들과 같아지지 않는 것입니다." - 마르쿠스 아우렐리우스, 명상록, 6.6)
"How much better to heal than seek revenge from injury. Vengeance wastes a lot of time and exposes you to many more injuries than the first that sparked it. Anger always outlasts hurt. Best to take the opposite course. Would anyone think it normal to return a kick to a mule or a bite to a dog?"-SENECA, ON ANGER, 3.27.2
("상처를 치유하는 것이 상처로부터 복수하는 것보다 얼마나 나은가. 복수는 많은 시간을 낭비하며, 첫 번째 상처를 불러온 것보다 더 많은 상처를 입게합니다. 분노는 항상 상처보다 오래 지속됩니다. 차라리 반대의 길을 택하는 것이 좋습니다. 누가 노새에게 발길질을 당했다고 다시 발길질하는 것이 당연하다고 생각하겠습니까? 개에게 물렸다고 다시 물어야 할까요?" - 세네카, 분노에 대하여, 3.27.2)
Let's say that someone has treated you rudely. Let's say someone got promoted ahead of you because they took credit for your work or did something dishonest. It's natural to think: Oh, that's how the world works, or One day it will be my turn to be like that. Or most common: I'll get them for this. Except these are the worst possible responses to bad behavior.
As Marcus and Seneca both wrote, the proper response-indeed the best revenge-is to exact no revenge at all. If someone treats you rudely and you respond with rudeness, you have not done anything but prove...
