Full Idea
Do good to him who has done you an injury.
Gist of Idea
Do good to him who has done you an injury
Source
Laozi (Lao Tzu) (Daodejing (Tao Te Ching) [c.530 BCE], II.LXIII.148)
Book Reference
Lao Tzu: 'Tao Te Ching', ed/tr. Lau,D.C. [Penguin 1963], p.124
A Reaction
Compare Idea 6288 (Jesus). People like this really mess up the social contract theory of morality. If they are going to return good for your evil, there doesn't seem much point in helping them, given how much effort is involved. Most peculiar…
Related Idea
Idea 6288 Don't resist evil, but turn the other cheek [Jesus]