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What does it mean?
Good people often suffer while bad people seem happy.
In plain terms
The good suffer and the bad prosper.
What can you take from it?
Justice is not always visible.

Where it applies

  • observing society
  • personal hardship

Putting it to work

  • stay resilient
  • seek fairness

Questions to consider

  • Where is justice?
  • Why do good people suffer?

Another view

Not all bad people prosper.

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