Etenim ulciscendae iniuriae facilior ratio est quam beneficii remunerandi, propterea quod superiorem esse contra improbos minus est negotii quam bonis exaequari: tum etiam ne tam necessarium quidem est male meritis quam optime meritis referre quod debeas.
And indeed it is an easier matter to avenge a wrong than to repay a kindness; for the reason that there is less labour involved in rising superior to the wicked than in attaining to the same level with the good; and furthermore, one is not so strictly bound in duty to requite disservice as to  recompense service.
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