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Envy! eldest-born of hell!
Envy! eldest-born of hell!
The envious will die, but envy never.
[Fr., Les envieux mourront, mais non jamais l'envie.]
The envious will die, but envy never.
[Fr., Les envieux mourront, mais non jamais l'envie.]
It is better to be envied than pitied.
It is better to be envied than pitied.
Envy shoots at others and wounds itself
Envy shoots at others and wounds itself
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.
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.
I am Envy. I cannot read and therefore wish all books burned.
I am Envy. I cannot read and therefore wish all books burned.
Envy consists in seeing things never in themselves, but only in their relations. If you desire glory, you may envy read more
Envy consists in seeing things never in themselves, but only in their relations. If you desire glory, you may envy Napoleon, but Napoleon envied Caesar, Caesar envied Alexander, and Alexander, I daresay, envied Hercules, who never existed.
Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies.
Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies.
