The hostility perpetually exercised between one man and another, is caused by the desire of many for that which only few can possess. Every man would be rich, powerful, and famous; yet fame, power, and riches, are only the names of relative conditions, which imply the obscurity, dependence, and poverty of greater numbers.
Samuel JohnsonSir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
Samuel JohnsonWhere there is emulation, there will be vanity; where there is vanity, there will be folly.
Samuel Johnson