Quote by Mary Douglas
Religion can make it worse. Are you supposing that if people were

Religion can make it worse. Are you supposing that if people were encouraged to believe in a transcendent reality, and to be encouraged by grand rituals and music and preaching, to love their neighbors, then they would put jealousy and frustration aside? – Mary Douglas

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It is very reasonable to worry about the harm done by organized religion, and to prefer looser and more private arrangements. – Mary Douglas

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Religion
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If people want to compete for leadership of a religious group, they can compete in piety. A chilling thought. Or funny. – Mary Douglas

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funny
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Since 1970, relationships can be more volatile, jobs more ephemeral, geographical mobility more intensified, stability of marriage weaker. – Mary Douglas

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Marriage
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Envy is the most stupid of vices, for there is no single advantage to be gained from it. – Honore de Balzac

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Jealousy is love bed of burning snarl. – George Meredith

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I dont get jealousy, I dont get how people hate each other – I never did. – Nas

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But when I would see the surrogate, my first instinct, my first reaction would be jealousy, because she was doing what I wanted to do. – Cheryl Tiegs

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