"Cuanto más pecado, más justificación."
— Aldous Huxley
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When people do bad things, they often try to find reasons to make their actions seem less awful. It's like when a student cheats on a test and then tells themselves it’s okay because the test was unfair. The more wrong things they do, the more excuses they come up with to make themselves feel better. In history, leaders who made harmful decisions would sometimes claim they did it for the greater good, trying to cover up their guilt. This idea teaches us to be honest with ourselves and to face our mistakes instead of justifying them. Instead of making excuses, it's better to admit when we're wrong and try to make things right.
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