... I believe that he will prosper most whose mode of acting best adapts itself to the character of the times; and conversely that he will be unprosperous, with whose mode of acting the times do not accord.

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This quote by Aristotle is an expression of the idea that the way people act on the world depends on the times. It is a statement about how people will be rewarded in the future since they are acting in accordance with how things are right now.

Source: The Prince

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