Entendia que ha larga ponderacao de males e bens, e que a arte de viver consiste em tirar o maior bem do maior mal.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- We must weigh good and evil, and the art of living is to extract the greatest good from the greatest evil.
- In plain terms
- Life is about getting the most good out of the worst situations.
- What can you take from it?
- Turn bad circumstances into opportunities for good.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How can you identify the good in a bad situation?
- When is it better to avoid extracting good from evil?
Another view
It may be unrealistic to always find good in severe evil.
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