Age: 22

Profession: Student

Hometown: San Francisco

“Two Wrongs Don’t Make a Right”

“My mom used to say this proverb to me growing up. To me what it means is that when you or someone else does something wrong, following it up with a wrongdoing of your own to try to undo it won’t make the problem any better. I don’t really use this very much but I do consider it when I’m in applicable situations.”

This is another fairly common folk saying. I was also taught this saying when I was little by one of my teachers, and have used it myself as well. I think the basis of the idea behind this one is that it is not good to act reciprocally bad to someone who has wronged you, or to treat someone with malice if they have chosen that course themselves.