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    If I smile at the strong perfumes of the silly Rufillus must I be
    regarded as envious and ill-natured?
    [Lat., Ego si risi quod ineptus
    Pastillos Rufillus olet, Gargonius hircum, lividus et mordax
    videar?]

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A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy, the smile that accepts a lover before words are uttered, read more

A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy, the smile that accepts a lover before words are uttered, and the smile that lights on the first born babe, and assures it of a mother's love.

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I am Envy. I cannot read and therefore wish all books burned.

I am Envy. I cannot read and therefore wish all books burned.

by Christopher Marlowe Found in: Envy Quotes,
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As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion.

As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion.

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Envy is a symptom of lack of appreciation of our own uniqueness and self worth. Each of us has something read more

Envy is a symptom of lack of appreciation of our own uniqueness and self worth. Each of us has something to give that no one else has.

by Frank Tyger Found in: Envy Quotes,
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Helpless, unknown, and unremembered, most human beings, however sensitive, idealistic, intelligent, go through life as passengers rather than chauffeurs. Although read more

Helpless, unknown, and unremembered, most human beings, however sensitive, idealistic, intelligent, go through life as passengers rather than chauffeurs. Although we may pretend that it is the chauffeur who is the social inferior, most of us, like Toad of Toad Hall, would not mind a turn at the wheel ourselves.

by Ralph Harper Found in: Envy Quotes,
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I envy people who drink. At least they have something to blame everything on.

I envy people who drink. At least they have something to blame everything on.

by Oscar Levant Found in: Envy Quotes,
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Envy is honors foe.

Envy is honors foe.

by Motto Found in: Envy Quotes,
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The general's disdained
By him one step below, he by the next,
The next by him beneath; read more

The general's disdained
By him one step below, he by the next,
The next by him beneath; so every step,
Exampled by the first pace that is sick
Of his superior, grows to an envious fever
Of pale and bloodless emulation:
And 'tis this fever that keeps Troy on foot,
Not her own sinews.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Envy Quotes,
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Envy not greatness: for thou mak'st thereby
Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.

Envy not greatness: for thou mak'st thereby
Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.

by George Herbert Found in: Envy Quotes,
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