Cine te bate cu piatra, tu bate-l cu pâine.
“He who strikes you with a stone, strike him back with bread.”
Answer cruelty with kindness rather than repaying harm with harm.
— Traditional Moldova Wisdom, Moldova
Source: Traditional Moldova proverb, public-domain oral tradition
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