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Robert Browning

White shall not neutralize the black, nor good compensate bad in man, absolve him so: life's business being just the terrible choice.

Robert Browning

Business

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The quote means that positive qualities cannot erase negative ones, and good actions do not cancel out bad behavior in a person. Life forces us to face difficult decisions where we must accept the consequences without expecting one side to completely balance the other.

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