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Another one for those so taken with the prettiness and {{t|metaphor}}ical possibilities of their own aphorism, they miss its literal falsehood. | Another one for those so taken with the prettiness and {{t|metaphor}}ical possibilities of their own aphorism, they miss its literal falsehood. | ||
For it should not take a visit to a cinema with the lights on, or a fireworks display at lunchtime, to know this not to be true. Now you might think it right that | For it should not take a visit to a cinema with the lights on, or a fireworks display at lunchtime, to know this not to be true. Now you might think it right that ''doing down your fellow won’t improve your own career prospects'' — through try not to watch ''Game of Thrones'' or work in investment banking if you want to hang onto that idea — but if, all other things being equal, you want your own light to burn brighter in the eyes of your superiors, most certainly put a bushel on the lights of others. | ||
It’s all relative, folks. | It’s all relative, folks. |