Herodotus Quotes
Envy is so natural to human kind, that it cannot but arise.
Herodotus
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In America, if you succeed, you don't have to apologize. In Italy, success is envied, and envy is the worst, worst, worst thing in the world. It's easy for me to say because I have had more than many others, but at the end of the day, I have never envied anyone. I wish to no one that they waste their time envying anyone else.
Lapo Elkann
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A person is born with feelings of envy and hate. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to violence and crime, and any sense of loyalty and good faith will be abandoned.
Xun Kuang
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I almost envy people who say whatever they want.
Kate Bosworth
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You campaigned against rich people and you got enough envy whipped up in the country and you're gonna get 'em. You're gonna stick it to those rich people. But guess what? You may not get anymore revenue. You may not get anymore economic growth. But you can say, 'I stuck it to the rich people.'
Rand Paul
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Deign on the passing world to turn thine eyes,And pause a while from learning to be wise.There mark what ills the scholar's life assail - Toil, envy, want, the patron, and the jail.
Samuel Johnson
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Envy wounds with false accusations, that is with detraction, a thing which scares virtue.
Leonardo da Vinci
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I think a lot of people in television news look at the cable networks with great envy.
Chris Wallace
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Envy, my son, wears herself away, and droops like a lamb under the influence of the evil eye.
Jacopo Sannazaro
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I do have height envy. I'm 5'1 and my sisters are giants so I do have height envy.
Toni Braxton
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It is impossible not to envy the man who can dismiss reason, although we know how it must turn out at last.
Charles Sanders Peirce
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Envy comes from people's ignorance of, or lack of belief in, their own gifts.
Jean Vanier
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You know, writing is really difficult, and it takes a real patience and a skill. I don't know if I have that. I admire it in others, so much, and I envy it.
Adam Scott
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... the ecological problem of our times demands a radical reevaluation of how we see the entire world; it demands a different interpretation of matter and the world, a new attitude of humankind toward nature, and a new understanding of how we acquire and make use of our material goods.
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople
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We must use all the tools of American power in resolving disputes, including diplomacy. And we must have sufficient congressional debate and oversight before ever putting another U.S. solider in harm's way.
Barbara Lee
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I like serious films, the moneymaking blockbusters that don't make any kind of sense and John Carpenter films.
Pam Grier
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Agatha Christie? We go back years, me and Ag. She's a … she's just a … she's dead, isn't she?
Eddie Izzard
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If the Father begat the Son, he that was begotten had a beginning of existence: and from this it is evident, that there was a time when the Son was not. It therefore necessarily follows, that he had his substance from nothing.
Arius
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Envy is so natural to human kind, that it cannot but arise.
Herodotus
