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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.
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.
As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion.
As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion.
Not on thy sole, but on thy soul, harsh Jew,
Thou mak'st thy knife keen; but no metal can--
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Not on thy sole, but on thy soul, harsh Jew,
Thou mak'st thy knife keen; but no metal can--
No, not the hangman's axe--bear half the keenness
Of thy sharp envy.
Envy shoots at others and wounds itself
Envy shoots at others and wounds itself
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 not greatness: for thou mak'st thereby
Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
Envy not greatness: for thou mak'st thereby
Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
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.
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.
