[jQuery] a == b, but I don't understand why it doesn't...

[nachocab]

Hi,
I have this html:

<ul id="phrases">
  <li id="phrase_0" class="active">This is my first phrase</li>
  <li id="phrase_1">This is my second_phrase</li>
</ul>

And I wanted to do this comparison:
 if ( $("#phrases").find("li.active") != $("#phrases").find
("li:first") ) {
   alert("the active list-item is not the first one");
}

The problem is the alert pops up, but in this case the first item is
clearly the active one. Can anybody figure out what's wrong?

Thanks!

Nacho