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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.
They that envy others are their inferiors.
They that envy others are their inferiors.
No man likes to be surpassed by those of this own level.
[Lat., A proximis quisque minime anteire vult.]
No man likes to be surpassed by those of this own level.
[Lat., A proximis quisque minime anteire vult.]
How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.
How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.
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.
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.
Oh, what a bitter thing it is to look into happiness through another man's eyes.
Oh, what a bitter thing it is to look into happiness through another man's eyes.
Envy! eldest-born of hell!
Envy! eldest-born of hell!
I am Envy. I cannot read and therefore wish all books burned.
I am Envy. I cannot read and therefore wish all books burned.
