Quotation by

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

What makes the pain we feel from shame and jealousy so cutting is that vanity can give us no assistance in bearing them.

Jealousy

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Shame and jealousy hurt deeply because they attack our sense of pride, and unlike other feelings, we cannot use vanity to protect or comfort ourselves from them. This means that our usual way of boosting our ego fails, leaving us vulnerable to these painful emotions.

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