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Card #c205IR // #c205Verbatim excerpt
The best kind of revenge is, not to become like unto them.

— Source: Meditations (Marcus Aurelius)

[Use when]

When revenge feels righteous.

[Why it matters]

Retaliation is assimilation — the only clean victory is refusing the opponent’s shape.

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