Ce qui nous rend la vanite des autres insupportable, c'est qu'elle blesse la notre.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Other people's pride offends us because it hurts our own pride.
- In plain terms
- We hate others' vanity because it wounds our own.
- What can you take from it?
- Hypocrisy feels threatening when others show it too.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Why does this person's success bother you?
- Are you proud of your own traits?
Another view
Sometimes others' vanity is genuinely harmful, not just hurtful to ego.
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