“For the lesser evil is reckoned a good in comparison with the greater evil, since the lesser evil is rather to be chosen than the greater. .” EvilGreaterChosenComparisonLesser Evil Book:Complete Works of Aristotle, Volume 2: The Revised Oxford Translation Source: Complete Works of Aristotle, Volume 2: The Revised Oxford Translation
“Start small, make a promise and keep it. Then, make larger promises and keep them. Eventually, your honor will become greater than your moods or your circumstances, which includes your medical condition and other people's stereotypic observations. Once you overcome this comparison based mentality, your confidence will soar.” PeopleGreaterConditionsHonorCircumstancesPromiseOvercomingMedicalMoodObservationComparisonMentalitySoarYour HonorMedical Conditions Author:Stephen Covey
“Grief is so far from retrieving a loss that it makes it greater; but the way to lessen it is by a comparison with others' losses.” WayLossGriefGreaterComparison Book:Country Wife and Other Plays Source: Country Wife and Other Plays
“That is why all great men are modest: they consistently measure themselves not in comparison to other people but to the idea of perfection ever present in their minds, an ideal infinitely clearer and greater than any common people have, and they also realize how far they are from fulfilling their ideal.” PeopleMenMindIdeasRealizingCommonGreaterIdealsPerfectionGreat MenComparisonConsistentlyModestFulfilling Author:Giacomo Leopardi