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Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.
Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.
Whoever envies another confesses his superiority.
Whoever envies another confesses his superiority.
Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.
Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.
O jealousy,
Thou ugliest fiend of hell! thy deadly venom
Preys on my vitals, turns the healthful read more
O jealousy,
Thou ugliest fiend of hell! thy deadly venom
Preys on my vitals, turns the healthful hue
Of my flesh check to haggard sallowness,
And drinks my spirit up!
You can be the moon and still be jealous of the stars.
You can be the moon and still be jealous of the stars.
Jealousy is nothing more than a fear of abandonment
Jealousy is nothing more than a fear of abandonment
The damning tho't stuck in my throat and cut me like a knife,
That she, whom all my life read more
The damning tho't stuck in my throat and cut me like a knife,
That she, whom all my life I'd loved, should be another's wife.
The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents.
The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents.
I do beseech you--
Though I perchance am vicious in my guess
(As I confess it is read more
I do beseech you--
Though I perchance am vicious in my guess
(As I confess it is my nature's plague
To spy into abuses, and oft my jealousy
Shapes faults that are not), that your wisdom yet
From one that so imperfectly conjects
Would take no notice, nor build yourself a trouble
Out of his scattering and unsure observance.
