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Envy's a sharper spur than pay:
No author ever spar'd a brother;
Wits are gamecocks to one read more
Envy's a sharper spur than pay:
No author ever spar'd a brother;
Wits are gamecocks to one another.
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.]
Oh, what a bitter thing it is to look into happiness through another man's eyes.
Oh, what a bitter thing it is to look into happiness through another man's eyes.
The only person worth envying is he person who doesn't envy.
The only person worth envying is he person who doesn't envy.
Man will do many things to get himself loved; he will do all things to get himself envied.
Man will do many things to get himself loved; he will do all things to get himself envied.
It is better to be envied than pitied.
It is better to be envied than pitied.
Envy! eldest-born of hell!
Envy! eldest-born of hell!
Envy eats nothing but its own heart
Envy eats nothing but its own heart
