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It is better to be envied than pitied.
It is better to be envied than pitied.
I am Envy. I cannot read and therefore wish all books burned.
I am Envy. I cannot read and therefore wish all books burned.
The artist envies what the arties gains,
The bard the rival bard's successful strains.
The artist envies what the arties gains,
The bard the rival bard's successful strains.
It is the practice of the multitude to bark at eminent men, as
little dogs do at strangers.
It is the practice of the multitude to bark at eminent men, as
little dogs do at strangers.
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.
The truest mark of being born with great qualities, is being born without envy.
The truest mark of being born with great qualities, is being born without envy.
Envy, like fire, soars upward.
[Lat., Invidiam, tamquam ignem, summa petere.]
Envy, like fire, soars upward.
[Lat., Invidiam, tamquam ignem, summa petere.]
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.]
