Whoever envies another confesses his superiority.

Samuel Johnson

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Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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To know that you do not know is the best. To think you know when you do not is a disease. Recognizing this disease as a disease is to be free of it.

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To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self.

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