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← We are ashamed of envy because we learn from the cradle to hide our self-love

17 connected korrents · 10 moments from 22 Mar 1894 to 26 May 2026.

Everything filed under empathy empathy Everything filed under humility humility Everything filed under curiosity curiosity Everything filed under education education Everything filed under Psychotherapy Psychotherapy Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: We are ashamed of envy because we learn from the cradle to hide our self-love We are ashamed of envy because we learnfrom the cradle to hide our self-love BM Bernard Mandeville — holds since c. 1714–1733 — tap for who they are Same subject: However much we describe and explain love, falling in love makes us ashamed of our words — tap to centre the map on it However much we describe and explainlove, falling in love makes usashamed of our words RU Rumi — holds since c. 1258–1273 — tap for who they are Same subject: Ingratitude tears apart the union of the human race more than any vice — tap to centre the map on it Ingratitude tears apart the union ofthe human race more than any vice SE Seneca — holds since c. 56–62 CE — tap for who they are Same subject: Once our pity is aroused, joining others in preying on life insults all that is good in us — tap to centre the map on it Once our pity is aroused, joiningothers in preying on life insultsall that is good in us Last stated 133 years ago 22 Mar 1894 RT Rabindranath Tagore — holds since 1894-03-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Envy is ignorance and imitation is suicide — tap to centre the map on it Envy is ignorance and imitation issuicide RE Ralph Waldo Emerson — holds since c. 1841–1847 — tap for who they are Same subject: A culture that emphasizes self-esteem over self-knowledge leaves people less equipped to resist doing monstrous things. — tap to centre the map on it A culture that emphasizesself-esteem over self-knowledgeleaves people less equipped toresist doing monstrous things. Last stated a year ago 8 Sept 2025 GS Guy Spier — holds since 2025-09-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: Benevolence alone is too weak to overcome the strongest impulses of self-love — tap to centre the map on it Benevolence alone is too weak toovercome the strongest impulses ofself-love AS Adam Smith — holds since c. 1759–1777 — tap for who they are Same subject: People feel remorse because they believe themselves free, not because they are free — tap to centre the map on it People feel remorse because theybelieve themselves free, not becausethey are free FN Friedrich Nietzsche — holds since c. 1878 — tap for who they are Same subject: Envy, resentment, revenge and self-pity are disastrous modes of thought, and self-pity gets close to paranoia, which is very hard to reverse — tap to centre the map on it Envy, resentment, revenge andself-pity are disastrous modes ofthought, and self-pity gets close toparanoia, which is very hard toreverse Last stated 19 years ago 13 May 2007 CM Charlie Munger — holds since 2007-05-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Abolitionists who felt the slave's wrongs were blind to the equal legal wrongs of their own mothers, wives and sisters — tap to centre the map on it Abolitionists who felt the slave'swrongs were blind to the equal legalwrongs of their own mothers, wivesand sisters ES Elizabeth Cady Stanton — holds since c. 1898 — tap for who they are Same subject: Assuming stupidity rather than malice changes the response: empathy and clarity instead of defensiveness. — tap to centre the map on it Assuming stupidity rather thanmalice changes the response: empathyand clarity instead ofdefensiveness. Last stated 2 years ago 16 Nov 2024 SP Shane Parrish — holds since 2024-11-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: Being an excellent programmer is a burden rather than an advantage when learning to work with coding agents. — tap to centre the map on it Being an excellent programmer is aburden rather than an advantage whenlearning to work with coding agents. Last stated 9 months ago 12 Feb 2026 LF Lex Fridman — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A CEO grading themselves a failure for their mistakes does not help; every CEO makes thousands of mistakes — tap to centre the map on it A CEO grading themselves a failurefor their mistakes does not help;every CEO makes thousands ofmistakes Last stated 14 years ago 15 Jun 2012 BH Ben Horowitz — holds since 2012-06-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A designer's assumption about where a component belongs is a personal assumption and does not mean that the market or the users will react to the component that way. — tap to centre the map on it A designer's assumption about wherea component belongs is a personalassumption and does not mean thatthe market or the users will reactto the component that way. Last stated 7 months ago 2 Apr 2026 MS Marvin Schwaibold — holds since 2026-04-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A designer's PRs should be very small and manageable if the designer is not comfortable reviewing or writing the code themselves. — tap to centre the map on it A designer's PRs should be verysmall and manageable if the designeris not comfortable reviewing orwriting the code themselves. Last stated 5 months ago 26 May 2026 AM Andy Madrick — holds since 2026-05-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A slot machine triggers the brain’s learning and curiosity pathways while teaching nothing, and that one-way exchange is what makes it contemptuous of the player. — tap to centre the map on it A slot machine triggers the brain’slearning and curiosity pathwayswhile teaching nothing, and thatone-way exchange is what makes itcontemptuous of the player. Last stated 13 years ago 3 Jul 2013 RK Raph Koster — holds since 2013-07-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Acquiring insight into how things work is a worthwhile effort in itself, not only for any payoff — tap to centre the map on it Acquiring insight into how thingswork is a worthwhile effort initself, not only for any payoff Last stated 19 years ago 17 Oct 2007 PB Peter Bevelin — holds since 2007-10-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Advancing in life depends more on what one learns later than on what one already knows — tap to centre the map on it Advancing in life depends more onwhat one learns later than on whatone already knows Last stated 19 years ago 13 May 2007 CM Charlie Munger — holds since 2007-05-13 — tap for who they are
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At the centre We are ashamed of envy because we learn from the cradle to hide our self-love Last stated c. 1714–1733 Holds Bernard Mandeville Read this korrent →