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The wicked are full of remorses,[66] and they don't know at all what remorse is. Because this itself — that they strengthen in the matter of their wickedness — this itself is remorse, since because regrets came to their minds, therefore they further intensify in their wickedness.[67] Like two people fighting one against the other, when one sees that his opponent is strengthening/gaining against him, he then further strengthens against him. The same exact thing — when the bad see that some good begins to arouse by them, it then intensifies further, and understand this. And this is a great principle in the devotion of Hashem even for the rest of the people — everyone according to their status — that the more one desires to enter the devotion of Hashem, the more the baal-duvur (litigator, evil inclination) strengthens against him, and this is already explained elsewhere.[68] And it is necessary to be on top of this matter, and to battle it strategically, to overcome the bad with great strengthening each time. Fortunate is he who merits to win the battle.