The fool I used to be...

I used to have a thing for taking offense even where offense may not necessarily be intended, trying to get revenge and responding to every nonsense or act of perceived mockery, not knowing that in doing so, the one intending to offend wins by way of the satisfaction he gets in bringing me down to his level.

But the fool I was never occurred to me until I came across this wise quote that: "he who takes offense when no offense is intended is a fool, and he who takes offense when offense is intended is a greater fool."