Injuriae spretæ exolescunt, si irascaris agnitæ videntur

Injuries that are slighted and suffered to pass unnoticed, are soon forgotten; by resenting them, unless you are able to punish the agressor, you acknowledge yourself to be hurt, and so afford a triumph to the person who gave the affront. «Deridet, sed non derideor», he laugheth, but I am not laughed at. The wise man passeth by an injury, but anger resteth in the bosom of a fool.