Envy Quotes
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I can see the greed and envy in your eyes.
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I envy them, those monks of old; Their books they read, and their beads they told.
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I admire but don't envy people who have children and also have big, wonderful perfect houses. Maybe Martha Stewart could do it; to me those two things aren't compatible, but I know our children will grow up with a feeling that home is a place of comfort.
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I mean not to boast; I would not excite envy, but manly emulation. We have all one common cause; let it, therefore, be our only contest, who shall most contribute to the security of the liberties of America. And may the same kind Providence which has watched over this country from her infant state still enable us to defeat our enemies!
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It is always better to imitate a successful man than to envy him.
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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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A renewed commitment to the freedom and opportunity of our people is the touchstone of our time. In this new century, where tests are many and challenges change with the shifting of the wind, we must hold fast to the principles that have made our nation the envy of the world.
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There are as many mediocrities exalted through pity as masters decried through envy.
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One of the greatest things drama can do, at it's best, is to redefine the words we use every day such as love, home, family, loyalty and envy. Tragedy need not be a downer.
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Moral indignation in most cases is, 2% moral, 48% indignation, and 50% envy.
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The truth is that cupidity, selfishness, envy, malice, lust, vindictiveness, are constant vices of human nature.
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God's truth judges created things out of love, and Satan's truth judges them out of envy and hatred.
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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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Purge thy heart from malice and, innocent of envy, enter the divine court of holiness.
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I knew that what I had felt was envy or regret, not for something lost but for something never achieved.
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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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None of the affections have been noted to fascinate and bewitch but envy.
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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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Envy of the male role can come as much from an undervaluation of the role of wife and mother as from an overvaluation of the public aspects of achievement that have been reserved for men.
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Sometimes I envy people who can be only half crazy, with one foot in the passion and one foot in the real world. But that's not me. I dive into the total crazy experience. That's the only way to travel.
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The higher you ascend, the smaller you appear to the eye of envy. But most of all they hate those who fly.
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Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.
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Certainly, you envy the guys that have done all kinds of things, a variety of good scripts and good directors. Then again, having worked with Cassavetes has satisfied a big part of that.
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It needs a good deal of philosophy not to be mortified by the thought of persons who have voluntarily abandoned everything that for the most of us makes life worth living and are devoid of envy of what they have missed. I have never made up my mind whether they are fools or wise men.
