All looks yellow to a jaundiced eye that habitually compares everythin…

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All looks yellow to a jaundiced eye that habitually compares everything to something better. But by changing that habit to comparing everything to something worse, even making it a game, that person can find gratitude, relief and happiness where-ever they go and whatever they experience, guaranteed!
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Fame, wealth, and honour! what are you to Love? ✨ Alexander Pope, Alexander Dyce (1866). The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope. ..., p.105
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All looks yellow to a jaundiced eye that habitually compares everything to something better. But by changing that habit to comparing everything to something worse, even making it a game, that person can find gratitude, relief and happiness where-ever they go and whatever they experience, guaranteed!

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