The better day, the better deed.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Better days bring opportunities for better actions or moral choices.
- In plain terms
- Good times lead to good actions.
- What can you take from it?
- Improve your actions when circumstances improve.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Does wealth make us better?
- How do we define a good day?
Another view
It assumes prosperity naturally leads to virtue which is not always true.
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