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> [“When we judge others, we judge ourselves through comparison. We go backward on the ladder, which means we are going down.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihail-militaru/when-we-judge-others-we-judge-ourselves-through-comparison-we-go/)

[Mihail Militaru](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihail-militaru/)

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> [If it is surely the means to the highest end we know, can any work be humble or disgusting? Will it not rather be elevating as a ladder, the means by which we are translated?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/if-it-is-surely-the-means-to-the-highest-end-we-know-can-any-work-be/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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