Proverb 36

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Sometimes I forget what's wrong and what's right. It's not that I don't try to do what's right, though sometimes I don't, it's that everything gets so muddled you forget what is right. But I realized that there is no truly good thing that a normal human has done. Ever. It might have had a good outcome, but that doesn't mean it was done out of the complete goodness of a man. It's hard to explain, but the only time we ever do some good is when we do it with a good intention. For example, back in the Civil War, some Northerners fought to free the slaves, not because it was right, but because it would hurt the South. Others fought for personal glory. The South fought to protect their way of life, which they thought was threatened by the North. Neither side was completely right or wrong in their fight. So, I guess what I'm trying to say is, a good deed without good intention behind it isn't right, and the same with a bad deed with a good intention.

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