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Jealousy would be far less torturous if we understood that love is a passion entirely unrelated to our merits.
Paul Eldridge
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Paul Eldridge
Age: 94 †
Born: 1888
Born: May 5
Died: 1982
Died: July 28
Novelist
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the United States of America
Envy
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Unrelated
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Merits
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Jealousy
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