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The offender needs pity, not wrath those who must needs be corrected, should be treated with tact and gentleness and one must be always ready to learn better. 'The best kind of revenge is, not to become like unto them.'

Marcus Aurelius

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Marcus Aurelius
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Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius
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