OXFORD 9000
📚 proverb • entry_id 45604

two wrongs don't make a right

Meanings (ES + gloss)
el fin no justifica los medios
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?"
"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."
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