Whoever gets into a fight becomes the antagonist of the other, and can only win by being on the same level. “But if the wise man gets punched, what should he do?” What Cato did when he was struck in the face. He did not get angry, he did not avenge the wrong, he did not even forgive it; he said that no wrong had been done. He showed finer spirit in not acknowledging it than he would if he had pardoned it. Seneca, On the Constancy of the Wise Man 14.3
