Quotes About Comparison

Envy expresses itself through condemnation. The louder the condemnation the greater the envy.

Jealousy will get you nowhere.

Jealousy is like wood ants, it will nibble away, until there's nothing left.

If you're not at least a tiny bit jealous at this point, you might want to check for your own pulse.

In jealousy there is more self-love than love.

I was beginning to see that Phineas could get away with anything. I couldn't help envying him that a little, which was perfectly normal. There was no harm in envying even your best friend a little

Jealousy is an awkward homage which inferiority renders to merit.

The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.

To belittle, you have to be little.

When your suffering is a little greater than my suffering I feel that I am a little cruel.

Would the boy you were be proud of the man you are?

Imagine someone holding forth on biology whose only knowledge of the subject is 'The Book of British Birds,' and you have a rough idea of what it feels like to read Richard Dawkins on theology.

Emotional Channeling Technique #3: Reference Validation Reference validation is a technique where you compare your situation to that of others who have successfully dealt with and overcome what you are currently experiencing. By doing so, you find strength and hope and learn specific strategies and concepts used by others so you too can effectively work through and resolve the issues you have.

A Canadian psychologist is selling a video that teaches you how to test your dog's IQ. Here's how it works: if you spend $12.99 for the video, your dog is smarter than you.

I went to the doctor and he said I had acute appendicitis, and I said compared to who?

From inside our turn-of-the-century Italianate home, I watched them standing out on the sidewalk or peering from their car windows. I always wondered what they were looking for. Did they imagine life in the old homes was like a life they dreamed of and didn't have? Did they think the traces of fading graciousness and entitlement that emanated from the aging plaster and hardwood floors endowed the current occupants with lives that were more meaningful than their own?

A pervert is anybody kinkier than you are

Dessert without cheese is like a beauty with only one eye

A dog, I have always said, is prose; a cat is a poem.

It is because of men that women dislike one another.

Cred - este o credin?? ca oricare alta ?i, fiindc? fericirea ?i nefericirea nu pot fi niciodat? comparate, nu pot aduce dovezi - c? binele este aliatul timpului ?i c?, treptat, pe nesim?ite cu fluctua?ii poate, cu frân?ri bru?te, ?i cu reveniri, el birue r?ul.

Les faibles tirent une satisfaction morose à comparer leur infortune présente avec leur bonheur passé, et tentent ainsi de se prouver à eux-mêmes que leur vie n'a pas été manquée tout entière. (Troisième partie, ch. VI)

Todo esto se ha descrito mil veces, quizá no merece la pena detenerse de nuevo en esta sórdida y apestosa ópera. Además, quizá tampoco sea útil ni pertinente comparar la guerra con una ópera, y menos cuando no se es muy aficionado a la ópera, aunque la guerra, como ella, sea grandiosa, enfática, excesiva, llena de ingratas morosidades, como ella arme mucho ruido y con frecuencia, a la larga, resulte bastante fastidiosa.

Jealousy knows no logic, nor does it respect reciprocity.