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A Delicate Pattern

Aut potentior te, aut imbecillior læsit:

si imbecillior, parce illi;

si potentior, tibi.

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(He who has injured thee was either stronger or weaker.

If weaker, spare him;

if stronger, spare thyself.)

—Seneca, De Ira (On Anger), III:5