The best revenge is not to become like them.
Where this comes from
Marcus wrote this one to himself too, in the same notebook. As emperor he met people who treated him badly, and this note reminded him not to turn into one of them.
How you could say it to a five-year-old
“Your toy got grabbed? Not fair! We don’t grab back. You can ask for it, or come get me.”
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 6.6. We put the wording on this poster into plain English ourselves.
The story behind this line
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