Let’s remember that rational and wise people don’t insult others, at least not on purpose. So if a person insults us, we can be certain this person has a flawed and immature character. Irvine compares being insulted by another person is like taking the barking of a dog personally. We’d be fools to become upset by that dog and think for the rest of the day, “Oh dear! That dog doesn’t like me!” Marcus Aurelius saw insulting people as a lesson: who not to be. “The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.” The best revenge is to let it go and be a better example. And how should
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