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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 is the art of counting the other fellow's blessings instead of your own.
Envy is the art of counting the other fellow's blessings instead of your own.
Envy! eldest-born of hell!
Envy! eldest-born of hell!
It is in the character if very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.
It is in the character if very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.
My mind gave me,
In seeking tales and informations
Against this man, whose honesty the devil
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My mind gave me,
In seeking tales and informations
Against this man, whose honesty the devil
And his disciples only envy at,
Ye blew the fire that burns ye: now have at ye!
The only person worth envying is he person who doesn't envy.
The only person worth envying is he person who doesn't envy.
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.]
They that envy others are their inferiors.
They that envy others are their inferiors.
