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I know, that it is but too natural for us to see our own CERTAIN ruin in the POSSIBLE prosperity of other people.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “I know, that it is but too natural for us to see our own CERTAIN ruin in the POSSIBLE prosperity of other people.”
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Burke reflects on the human tendency to perceive others' success as a threat to one's own well-being.
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