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You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
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.]
Unhappiness is not knowing what we want and killing ourselves to get it.
Unhappiness is not knowing what we want and killing ourselves to get it.
I have been very happy, very rich, very beautiful much adulated, very famous and very unhappy
I have been very happy, very rich, very beautiful much adulated, very famous and very unhappy
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 shoots at others and wounds itself
Envy shoots at others and wounds itself
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.
All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love
All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love
The only person worth envying is he person who doesn't envy.
The only person worth envying is he person who doesn't envy.