two wrongs don't make a right

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• Chinese Mandarin: 冤冤相報永無完了 /冤冤相报永无完了 (yuānyuānxiāngbào yǒng wú wánliǎo) — a wrongful action is not a morally appropriate way to correct or cancel a previous wrongful action
• Esperanto: du eraroj ne faras rajton — a wrongful action is not a morally appropriate way to correct or cancel a previous wrongful action
• Hungarian: 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
• Italian: due torti non fanno una ragione — a wrongful action is not a morally appropriate way to correct or cancel a previous wrongful action
• Polish: dwa zła nie czynią dobra — a wrongful action is not a morally appropriate way to correct or cancel a previous wrongful action
• Portuguese: dois erros não fazem um acerto — a wrongful action is not a morally appropriate way to correct or cancel a previous wrongful action
• Spanish: el fin no justifica los medios — a wrongful action is not a morally appropriate way to correct or cancel a previous wrongful action
• Swedish: två fel gör inte ett rätt — a wrongful action is not a morally appropriate way to correct or cancel a previous wrongful action