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Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon,
Who is already sick and pale with grief
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Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon,
Who is already sick and pale with grief
That thou her maid art far more fair than she.
Be not her maid, since she is envious.
Her vestal livery is but sick and green,
And none but fools do wear it. Cast it off.
Some folks rail against other folks, because other folks have what some folks would be glad of.
Some folks rail against other folks, because other folks have what some folks would be glad of.
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 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.
Do not envy a sinner; you don't know what disaster awaits him.
Do not envy a sinner; you don't know what disaster awaits him.
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.
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.]
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.
