"The surest route to breeding jealousy is to compare. Since jealousy comes from feeling less than another, comparisons only fan the fires.“


-Dorothy Corkville Briggs

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The surest route to breeding jealousy is to compare. Since jealousy comes from feeling less than another, comparisons only fan the fires.

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