Quotes About Comparison

For it is a matter of daily observation that people take the greatest pleasure in that which satisfies their vanity; and vanity cannot be satisfied without comparison with others.

People's envy shows how unhappy they feel; their constant attention to the doings of others how bored they are.

Every nation mocks other nations. And all are right.

Health so far outweighs all external goods that a healthy beggars is truly more fortunate than a king in poor health.

We seldom think of what we have but always of what we lack.

what every one most aims at in ordinary contact with his fellows is to prove them inferior to himself ...

Ninguém é realmente digno de inveja, e tantos são dignos de lástima!

Every nation mocks at other nations, and all are right.

A quick test of the assertion that enjoyment outweighs pain in this world, or that they are at any rate balanced, would be to compare the feelings of an animal engaged in eating another with those of the animal being eaten

The pleasure in this world, it has been said, outweighs the pain; or, at any rate, there is an even balance between the two. If the reader wishes to see shortly whether this statement is true, let him compare the respective feelings of two animals, one of which is engaged in eating the other.

We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people." ? Arthur Schopenhauer

Ba?kas?n?n mutlu olmas? seni rahats?z ediyorsa asla mutlu olamazs?n. -Seneca, De ira

Hiçbir ÅŸey k?skançl?k kadar uzlaÅŸmas?z ve ac?mas?z deÄŸildir.

No hay nada más implacable y cruel que la envidia: y sin embargo, ¡nos esforzamos incesante y principalmente en suscitar envidia!

Afflictions are light when compared with what we really deserve. They are light when compared with the sufferings of the Lord Jesus. But perhaps their real lightness is best seen by comparing them with the weight of glory which is awaiting us.

A Drunkard accuses a Drunkard... A sot became extremely drunk - his legs And head sank listless, weighed by wine's thick dregs. A sober neighbour put him in a sack And took him homewards hoisted on his back. Another drunk went stumbling by the first, Who woke and stuck his head outside and cursed. Hey, you, you lousy dipsomaniac, He yelled as he was borne off in the sack, If you'd had fewer drinks, just two or three, You would be walking now as well as me.

The hardest question for anyone who takes responsibility for what he or she does is, What if I turn out to be average?

The risk of a fatal car crash with a driver who's eighty-five or older is more than three times higher than it is with a teenage driver

the cost of an operation is about half of what it is elsewhere.

Their study found that the number of prescriptions required per resident fell to half that of the control nursing home. Psychotropic drugs for agitation, like Haldol, decreased in particular. The total drug costs fell to just 38 percent of the comparison facility. Deaths fell 15 percent.

Psychotropic drugs for agitation, like Haldol, decreased in particular. The total drug costs fell to just 38 percent of the comparison facility. Deaths fell 15 percent.

Even when they were rushing, and in Moscow there's always a kind of rush, people lack the desperation of New York.

Why God got to be so big? Why he got to be bigger than me?

I wanted to shove her typewriter on the floor. I hated it and I hated her. I wanted to be a Cosby.