“Human beings consider themselves
satisfied only compared to some other condition. A man who has owned nothing
but a bicycle all of his life feels suddenly wealthy the moment he buys an
automobile...But this happy sensation wears off. After a while, the car becomes
just another thing that he owns. Moreover, when his neighbor next door buys two
cars, in an instant our man feels wretchedly poor and deprived.”
― Alan Lightman
― Alan Lightman
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