Surrounded by the flames of jealousy, the jealous one winds up, like the scorpion, turning the poisoned sting against himself. (Friedrich Nietzsche)

Surrounded by the flames of jealousy, the jealous one winds up, like the scorpion, turning the poisoned sting against himself.

Friedrich Nietzsche

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