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Comparisons of one's lot with others' teaches us nothing and enfeebles the will.

Thornton Wilder

Comparisons of one's lot with others' teaches us nothing and enfeebles the will.

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About Thornton Wilder

Thornton Niven Wilder (April 17, 1897 – December 7, 1975) was an American playwright and novelist. He won three Pulitzer Prizes for the novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey and for the plays Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth, and a U.S. National Book Award for the novel The Eighth Day.