Os bons vi sempre passar No mundo graves tormentos; E para mais me espantar, Os maus vi sempre nadar Em mar de contentamentos.
About this quote
- 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
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Where is justice?
- Why do good people suffer?
Another view
Not all bad people prosper.
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