Mark Twain
Writer, Humorist
"Comparison is the death of joy."
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Comparison
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Dillon Burroughs
Author, Speaker
"The problem with comparison is that you always feel either better than someone else or worthless compared to someone else."
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Writer
"Too great refinement is false delicacy, and true delicacy is solid refinement."
Denis Waitley
Author, Motivational Speaker
"Make certain that your goals are not measured in comparison with others."
Miguel de Cervantes
Writer
"Comparisons are odious."
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"Comparison is the thief of all joy."
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"The ego tends to equate having with Being: I have, therefore I am. And the more I have, the more I am. The ego lives through comparison. How you are seen by others turns into how you see yourself."
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"Works of the intellect are great only by comparison with each other."
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"... all comparisons injure."
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"Brothers naturally invite comparison."
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"How would you compare Polanski or Kubrick? I try not to do any comparisons."
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"Never compare one person with another: comparisons are odious."
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"Comparisons of one's lot with others' teaches us nothing and enfeebles the will."
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"All bravery stands upon comparisons."
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"There are times when images blow to fluff, and comparisons stiffen and shrivel."
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"There is nothing good or bad, except by comparison" (209) - "Effort is Everything" by Bud Selig"
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"With all the imperfections of our present government, it is without comparison the best existing, or that ever did exist."
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"I don't do comparisons because I always lose."
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