The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
This line is widely circulated under this name. It may be a paraphrase, a later coinage, or a doubtful ascription. It stays because the collection used it; treat the byline as traditional, not proven.
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The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
Edmund Burke
The Commonplace