Adam Smith Quotes, Men Quotes, Envy Quotes

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

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There is a proper measure in all things, certain limits beyond which and short of which right is not to be found. Who so cultivates the golden mean avoids the poverty of a hovel and the envy of a palace.

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ILLUSTRIOUS, adj. Suitably placed for the shafts of malice, envy and detraction.

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My heart laments that virtue cannot live Out of the teeth of emulation.

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

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I envy not in any moods The captive void of noble rage, The linnet born within the cage, That never knew the summer woods.

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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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Men that make Envy and crooked malice nourishment, Dare bite the best.

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There's only few people who have strength to honor someone's achievement without envy.

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At times almost all of us envy the animals. They suffer and die, but do not seem to make a "problem" of it.

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I don't envy anybody trying to start a career right. There really is no music business left, in a lot of ways.

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O, beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-ey'd monster, which doth mock The meat it feeds on.

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Envy depreciates the genius of the great Homer.

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We should keep a careful diary of our moments of envy: they are our covert guides to what we should try to do next.

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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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Emulation admires and strives to imitate great actions; envy is only moved to malice.

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Envy feeds on the living. It ceases when they are dead.

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Envy is the tax which all distinction must pay.

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The heavier crop is ever in others' fields.

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