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Our envy of others devours us most of all.
Our envy of others devours us most of all.
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.
Fools may our scorn, not envy, raise.
For envy is a kind of praise.
Fools may our scorn, not envy, raise.
For envy is a kind of praise.
The only person worth envying is he person who doesn't envy.
The only person worth envying is he person who doesn't envy.
They that envy others are their inferiors.
They that envy others are their inferiors.
Envy assails the noblest: the winds howl around the highest
peaks.
[Lat., Summa petit livor: perflant altissima venti.]
Envy assails the noblest: the winds howl around the highest
peaks.
[Lat., Summa petit livor: perflant altissima venti.]
Some folks rail against other folks, because other folks have what some folks would be glad of.
Some folks rail against other folks, because other folks have what some folks would be glad of.
Envy depreciates the genius of the great Homer.
[Lat., Ingenium magni detractat livor Homeri.]
Envy depreciates the genius of the great Homer.
[Lat., Ingenium magni detractat livor Homeri.]
