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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.
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.
Base envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it cannot reach.
Base envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it cannot reach.
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.
Envy is like a fly that passes all the body's sounder parts, and dwells upon the sores.
Envy is like a fly that passes all the body's sounder parts, and dwells upon the sores.
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.]
The envious pine at others' success; no greater punishment than
envy was devised by Sicilian tyrants.
[Lat., Invidus read more
The envious pine at others' success; no greater punishment than
envy was devised by Sicilian tyrants.
[Lat., Invidus alterius marescit rebus opimis;
Invidia Siculi non invenere tyranni
Majus tormentus.]
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.
Who among us hasn't envied a cat's ability to ignore the cares of daily life and to relax completely?
Who among us hasn't envied a cat's ability to ignore the cares of daily life and to relax completely?
