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It is better to be envied than pitied.
It is better to be envied than pitied.
Envy shoots at others and wounds itself
Envy shoots at others and wounds itself
All the world is competent to judge my pictures except those who are of my profession.
All the world is competent to judge my pictures except those who are of my profession.
They that envy others are their inferiors.
They that envy others are their inferiors.
Envy! eldest-born of hell!
Envy! eldest-born of hell!
Nothing can allay the rage of biting envy.
[Lat., Rabiem livoris acerbi
Nulla potest placare quies.]
Nothing can allay the rage of biting envy.
[Lat., Rabiem livoris acerbi
Nulla potest placare quies.]
Not on thy sole, but on thy soul, harsh Jew,
Thou mak'st thy knife keen; but no metal can--
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Not on thy sole, but on thy soul, harsh Jew,
Thou mak'st thy knife keen; but no metal can--
No, not the hangman's axe--bear half the keenness
Of thy sharp envy.
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.
I am Envy. I cannot read and therefore wish all books burned.
I am Envy. I cannot read and therefore wish all books burned.
