Lord Byron Quotes, Self Quotes, Envy Quotes

If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his self-approved wisdom.

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We make ourselves fools to disport ourselves And spend our flatteries to drink those men Upon whose age we void it up again With poisonous spite and envy.

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Probably the greatest harm done by vast wealth is the harm that we of moderate means do ourselves when we let the vices of envy and hatred enter deep into our own natures.

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The same goes for envy, anger and insults - said the master. - When they are not accepted, they continue to belong to the one who carried them.

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The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the position of others, dissatisfied with our own.]

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Envy is everywhere. Who is without envy? And most people Are unaware or unashamed of being envious.

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ENVY, n. Emulation adapted to the meanest capacity.

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Jealousy dislikes the world to know it.

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If the crow had been satisfied to eat his prey in silence, he would have had more meat and less quarreling and envy.

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Jealousy in romance is like salt in food. A little can enhance the savor, but too much can spoil the pleasure and, under certain circumstances, can be life-threatening.

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Envy will merit, as its shade, pursue

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In the gap between who we wish one day to be and who we are at present, must come pain, anxiety, envy and humiliation.

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There is a natural limit to the success we wish our friends, even when we have spurred them on their way.

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And oft, my jealousy shapes faults that are not.

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None of the affections have been noted to fascinate and bewitch but envy.

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Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids both the poverty of a hovel and the envy of a palace.

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Had the crow only fed without cawing she would have had more to eat, and much less of strife and envy to contend with. [To noise abroad our success is to invite envy and competition.]

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Wherever there is great property there is great inequality. For one very rich man there must be at least five hundred poor, and the affluence of the few supposes the indigence of the many. The affluence of the rich excites the indignation of the poor, who are often both driven by want, and prompted by envy, to invade his possessions.

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Envy is the tax which all distinction must pay.

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In few men is it part of nature to respect a friend's prosperity without begrudging him.

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