If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier than other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are.
Comparison is the thief of joy.
A long-circulating form of the thought — wording may vary by translator or commonplace book.
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Comparison is the thief of joy.
Proverb
The Commonplace