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two wrongs don't make a right en · X

Meanings

  1. A wrongful action is not a morally appropriate way to correct or cancel a previous wrongful action.
    • "But when it comes to taking what belongs to another—well, a thief is a thief. . . . After all, two wrongs don't make a right, do they?" 1915, William MacLeod Raine, chapter 15, in The Highgrader:
    • "Late in the fight, Roger told me Zab was going to do something dirty, and he did it," Mayweather said after the fight. "I didn't return it, because two wrongs don't make a right." 2006 April 9, Clifton Brown, “Boxing: Mayweather Is Crowned, but not without a Fight”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 03 Feb 2019, retrieved 17 Jun 2009:
    • I have no doubt that while the industry loses a great deal of revenue owing to fraudulent travel, it probably more than makes up for it by allowing journey planners to charge too much for journeys - and two wrongs don't make a right. 2023 May 31, Barry Doe, “A potential downside of ticket reform needs consideration”, in RAIL, number 984, page 58:

Antonyms

two wrongs make a right

Relateds

tu quoque · an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind · whataboutism

Translations (8)

it due torti non fanno una ragione (a wrongful action is not a morally appropriate way to correct or cancel a previous wrongful action) · hu az egyik fél vétsége nem teszi a másik vétségét semmissé (a wrongful action is not a morally appropriate way to correct or cancel a previous wrongful action) · pt dois erros não fazem um acerto (a wrongful action is not a morally appropriate way to correct or cancel a previous wrongful action) · eo du eraroj ne faras rajton (a wrongful action is not a morally appropriate way to correct or cancel a previous wrongful action) · pl dwa zła nie czynią dobra (a wrongful action is not a morally appropriate way to correct or cancel a previous wrongful action) · es el fin no justifica los medios (a wrongful action is not a morally appropriate way to correct or cancel a previous wrongful action) · cmn 冤冤相報永無完了 /冤冤相报永无完了 (a wrongful action is not a morally appropriate way to correct or cancel a previous wrongful action) · sv två fel gör inte ett rätt (a wrongful action is not a morally appropriate way to correct or cancel a previous wrongful action)