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Author is overlooking an important point: we tend to only judge people who compete with us directly. To paraphrase Nietzsche: "The vanity of others offends ou
by khazhoux 6y ago
Author is overlooking an important point: we tend to only judge people who compete with us directly. To paraphrase Nietzsche:
"The vanity of others offends our taste only when it offends our own vanity."
- yesenadam 6y agoLa Rochefoucauld (1670s) : "What makes the vanity of others insufferable to us is that it wounds our own."