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Full Idea
The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.
Gist of Idea
The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the person wronged
Source
Democritus (attrib) (reports [c.250 BCE], B045)
Book Ref
'Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers', ed/tr. Freeman,Kathleen [Harvard 1957], p.99
Related Idea
Idea 118 I would rather be a victim of crime than a criminal [Plato]