When someone wrongs you, ask yourself: What made them do it? Once you understand their concept of good and evil, you'll feel sorry for them and cease to either be amazed or angry.
If their concept is similar to yours, then you will be bound to forgive them since you would have acted as they did in similar circumstances.
But if you do not share their ideas of good and evil, then you should find it even easier to overlook the wrongs of someone who is confused and in a moral muddle.
MARCUS AURELIUS
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