two wrongs don't make a right
two wrongs don't make a right proverb: a wrongful action is not a morally appropriate way to correct or cancel a previous wrongful action.
Proverb
two wrongs don't make a right
- 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
- Antonyms:
- two wrongs make a right
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- What does two wrongs don't make a right mean?
- Two wrongs don't make a right means a wrongful action is not a morally appropriate way to correct or cancel a previous wrongful action.
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- Two wrongs don't make a right is a proverb.
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