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Single Idea 500

[filed under theme 23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / c. Justice ]

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]