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What does it mean?
People who do bad things often feel regret afterward.
In plain terms
Bad people feel sorry for what they did.
What can you take from it?
Immoral actions often lead to regret.

Where it applies

  • reflecting on past actions
  • conflict resolution

Putting it to work

  • personal reflection
  • conflict resolution

Questions to consider

  • Does regret always follow bad actions?
  • Can people change without remorse?

Another view

Not all bad people feel remorse immediately or ever.

More from Aristotle

  1. All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.

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  2. Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.

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  3. All persons ought to endeavor to follow what is right, and not what is established.

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