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“It is the comparison that makes you proud: the pleasure of being above the rest. Once the element of competition has gone, pride has gone.” C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
“The great source of both the misery and disorders of human life, seems to arise from over-rating the difference between one permanent situation and another.” Adam Smith, The Theory of Moral Sentiments
“Human life occurs only once, and the reason we cannot determine which of our decisions are good and which bad is that in a given situation we can make only one decision; we are not granted a second, third, or fourth life in which to compare...” Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being
“When people see some things as beautiful, other things become ugly.” Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
“When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.” Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
“He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness.” Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo
“This made me reflect, how vain an attempt it is for a man to endeavour to do himself honour among those who are out of all degree of equality or comparison with him.” Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels
“The thing is, it's really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are much better than theirs—if yours are really good ones and theirs aren't. You think if they're intelligent and all, the other person, and have a good sense of...” J. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye
“You cannot hope to sweep someone else away by the force of your writing until it has been done to you.” Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“We can never know what to want, because, living only one life, we can neither compare it with our previous lives nor perfect it in our lives to come.” Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being
“When you possess great treasures within you, and try to tell others of them, seldom are you believed.” Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
“if all things were equally in all men, nothing would be prized.” Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan
“Almost everyone can remember losing his or her virginity, and most writers can remember the first book he/she put down thinking: I can do better than this. Hell, I am doing better than this! What could be more encouraging to the struggling writer...” Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“Undoubtedly philosophers are in the right, when they tell us that nothing is great or little otherwise than by comparison.” Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels

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