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> # It is better to be a good human being than to be a bad one. It is just naturally better.

[William Saroyan](https://quotesby.net/William-Saroyan)\#87

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## About this quote

What does it mean?The speaker claims being good is naturally better than being bad.In plain termsBeing good is better than being bad.What can you take from it?Morality feels natural.

### Where it applies

- moral reasoning
- character building
- teaching values

### Putting it to work

- ethics class
- parenting
- self-improvement

### Questions to consider

- Is being good always the easiest choice?

### Another view

It oversimplifies complex moral decisions.

## More from William Saroyan

1. > I believe in my work and am eager for others to know about it.

[Permalink to quote \#86](https://quotesby.net/William-Saroyan/86/ "Permalink to quote 86")
2. > The child race is fresh, eager, interested, innocent, imaginative, healthy and full of faith, where the adult race, more often than not, is stale, spiritually …

[Permalink to quote \#88](https://quotesby.net/William-Saroyan/88/ "Permalink to quote 88")
3. > Nothing has ever been more sure-fire than truth and integrity.

[Permalink to quote \#85](https://quotesby.net/William-Saroyan/85/ "Permalink to quote 85")

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