Book II.1
Wrongdoers err through ignorance; we cannot be injured by kin.
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From Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Wrongdoers act through ignorance of good and evil; the right response is to teach, pity, and bear with them — not anger.
Book V.28
Are you angry with him whose armpits stink? Patience with human faults.
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It is a man's peculiar duty to love even those who wrong him.
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When you are offended, recall: the offender thought he was doing right; instruct rather than rage.
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