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Envy shoots at others and wounds itself
Envy shoots at others and wounds itself
The envious will die, but envy never.
[Fr., Les envieux mourront, mais non jamais l'envie.]
The envious will die, but envy never.
[Fr., Les envieux mourront, mais non jamais l'envie.]
How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.
How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.
Envy! eldest-born of hell!
Envy! eldest-born of hell!
Who among us hasn't envied a cat's ability to ignore the cares of daily life and to relax completely?
Who among us hasn't envied a cat's ability to ignore the cares of daily life and to relax completely?
They that envy others are their inferiors.
They that envy others are their inferiors.
No man likes to be surpassed by those of this own level.
[Lat., A proximis quisque minime anteire vult.]
No man likes to be surpassed by those of this own level.
[Lat., A proximis quisque minime anteire vult.]
Envy feeds on the living. It ceases when they are dead.
[Lat., Pascitur in vivis livor; post fata quiescit.]
Envy feeds on the living. It ceases when they are dead.
[Lat., Pascitur in vivis livor; post fata quiescit.]
The only person worth envying is he person who doesn't envy.
The only person worth envying is he person who doesn't envy.
