However human, envy is certainly not one of the sources of discontent that a free society can eliminate. It is probably one of the essential conditions for the preservation of such a society that we do not countenance envy, not sanction its demands by camouflaging it as social justice, but treat it, in the words of John Stuart Mill, as "the most anti-social and evil of all passions.
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If you're going to do something tonight that you'll be sorry for tomorrow, sleep late.
If you're going to do something tonight that you'll be sorry for tomorrow, sleep late.
We are unified both by hating in common and by being hated in common.
We are unified both by hating in common and by being hated in common.
If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't.
If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't.
A great man is he who has not lost the heart of a child.
A great man is he who has not lost the heart of a child.
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It should be noted that the seeds of wisdom that are to bear fruit in the intellect are sown less by critical studies and learned monographs than by insights, broad impressions, and flashes of intuition.
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The more adaptability exists for a given kind of decision, the less risky it is to make plans for the future, and therefore the more likely it is that more people will make more plans in such areas.
My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income.
My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income.
Of all the judgments we pass in life, none is more important than the judgment we pass on ourselves.
Of all the judgments we pass in life, none is more important than the judgment we pass on ourselves.
The desire to belong is partly a desire to lose oneself.
The desire to belong is partly a desire to lose oneself.
