Envy Quotes
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Purge thy heart from malice and, innocent of envy, enter the divine court of holiness.
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I have been reading Madame Roland's memoirs and have come to the conclusion that she was a very over-rated woman; snobbish, vain, sentimental, envious - rather a German type. Her last days before her execution were spent in chronicling petty social snubs or triumphs of many years back. She was a democrat chiefly from envy of the noblesse.
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A man's tailored jacket is like a compartmentalized storage unit with sleeves. Women eye those pockets with envy while searching for a ticket stub lost in a handbag.
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I'd the upbringing a nun would envy. Until I was fifteen I was more familiar with Africa than my own body.
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Living in Manhattan opened me to whole new sets of things to envy, study, gather and imagine stealing. A full-size 1809 German harp, beautifully painted with three goddesses, covered in a pea-green coat of great silvery refinement: mine for $180. Though all its strings were broken, its beauty let it claim a quarter of my one - bedroom.
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There's all kinds of envy out there on the Left.
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Not praising the deserving prevents envy.
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As rust corrupts iron, so envy corrupts man.
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Our policy is not built on envy or hatred, but on liberty for the individual man or woman.
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Where in this wide world can man find nobility without pride, friendship without envy, or beauty without vanity?
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There are as many mediocrities exalted through pity as masters decried through envy.
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People may show jealousy, but hide their envy.
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And I speak of spiritual suffering! Of people seeing their talent, their work, their lives wasted. Of good minds submitting to stupid ones. Of strength and courage strangled by envy, greed for power, fear of change. Change is freedom, change is life
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I do not envy people who think they have a complete explanation of the world, for the simple reason that they are obviously wrong.
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He who ascends to mountaintops, shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow; He who surpasses or subdues mankind Must look down on the hate of those below
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It is unethical not to know. It is unethical not to think. It is unethical not to love. It is unethical not to live an impassioned life. It is unethical not to attain greatness. It is unethical to succumb to the fear of envy and the conspiracy of mediocrity. It is unethical not to self-bestow genius. It is unethical not to be the first monkey.
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I think a lot of people in television news look at the cable networks with great envy.
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The woman I was seems hopelessly naive. I envy her.
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Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good things by jealousy, while the other does not allow his neighbour to have them through envy.
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Each person's drive to overwork is unique, and doing too much numbs every workaholic's emotions differently. Sometimes overwork numbs depression, sometimes anger, sometimes envy, sometimes sexuality. Or the overworker runs herself ragged in a race for attention.
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It is always better to imitate a successful man than to envy him.
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You cannot build a great nation or brotherhood of man by spreading envy or hatred.
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There is nothing more important to our Nation's future, to our homeland security, and to our economy than ensuring we have a top-notch educational system that is the envy of the world.
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America's men and women in uniform bravely defend our nation and our values. Their skill, dedication, and valor are the envy of the world. When their time in uniform is over, they are entitled to world-class health care, a benefit they've earned and that their country is grateful to provide for them.
