“If you are certain that somebody has the ill-conceived intent to harm or take advantage of you, you do not owe an explanation; you do not have to respond, but if you choose to do so, do not attack them.”

Who said it, and where.

Who said “If you are certain that somebody has the ill-conceived intent to harm or take advantage…”? Isaac Mashman wrote it in Personal Branding: A Manifesto on Fame and Influence, Second Edition (2025), Section 7.5, Reading Intentions.