Doing an injury puts you ...

Doing an injury puts you below your enemy; revenging one make you but even with him; forgiving it sets you above him.
Doing an injury puts you below your enemy; revenging one make you but even with him; forgiving it sets you above him.

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The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.
Watch the little things; a small leak will sink a great ship.
Honesty is the best policy.
Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.