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Eye for an eye2 quotes
It is never right to do wrong or to requite wrong with wrong, or when we suffer evil to defend ourselves by doing evil in return. — Socrates · 399 BCI and the public know
What all schoolchildren learn,
Those to whom evil is done
Do evil in return. — W.H. Auden · 1939Cycle of violence1 quote
I and the public know
What all schoolchildren learn,
Those to whom evil is done
Do evil in return. — W.H. Auden · 1939Human nature1 quote
I and the public know
What all schoolchildren learn,
Those to whom evil is done
Do evil in return. — W.H. Auden · 1939Justice1 quote
It is never right to do wrong or to requite wrong with wrong, or when we suffer evil to defend ourselves by doing evil in return. — Socrates · 399 BCRetaliation1 quote
It is never right to do wrong or to requite wrong with wrong, or when we suffer evil to defend ourselves by doing evil in return. — Socrates · 399 BCRevenge1 quote
It is never right to do wrong or to requite wrong with wrong, or when we suffer evil to defend ourselves by doing evil in return. — Socrates · 399 BC