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A MEDITATION

“ The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.

— Marcus Aurelius

Meditations 6.6

On virtue

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A reflection

The boss who humiliated you, the friend who betrayed you — the temptation is to become just as hard, just as cold. That's their victory. The real win is to stay yourself. Becoming them is how they keep living in you rent-free.

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