Full Idea
One ought not to return a wrong or an injury to any person, whatever the provocation is.
Gist of Idea
One ought not to return a wrong or injury to any person, whatever the provocation
Source
Socrates (reports of last days [c.399 BCE]), quoted by Plato - Crito 49b
Book Reference
Plato: 'The Last Days of Socrates', ed/tr. Tredennick,Hugh [Penguin 1969], p.88
A Reaction
The same as the essential moral teachings of Jesus (see Idea 6288) and Lao Tzu (Idea 6324). The big target is not to be corrupted by the evil of other people.
Related Ideas
Idea 6288 Don't resist evil, but turn the other cheek [Jesus]
Idea 6324 To gain in goodness, treat as good those who are good, and those who are not [Laozi (Lao Tzu)]