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Envy is pain at someone else’s happiness; jealousy is the pain we feel when we fear that someone else may interfere with the monopoly we have over the person who makes us happy. The envious wishes to deprive the other of something, while the jealous person feels dispossessed of someone he feels belongs to him.

— Gonzalo Fernández de la Mora

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Envy is pain at someone else’s happiness; jealousy is the pain we feel when we fear that someone else may interfere with the monopoly we have over the person who makes us happy. The envious wishes to deprive the other of something, while the jealous person feels dispossessed of someone he feels belongs to him." in the context of "" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Gonzalo Fernández de la Mora

About Gonzalo Fernández de la Mora

Gonzalo Fernández de la Mora y Mon (Barcelona, 1924 – Madrid, 2002) was a Spanish essayist and politician.