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envy design lucky
To diminish envy, let us consider not what others possess, but what they enjoy; mere riches may be the gift of lucky accident or blind chance, but happiness must be the result of prudent preference and rational design; the highest happiness then can have no other foundation than the deepest wisdom; and the happiest fool is only as happy as he knows how to be. Charles Caleb Colton
envy praise envious
The praise of the envious is far less creditable than their censure; they praise only that which they can surpass, but that which surpasses them they censure.
envy reason instinct
If sensuality be our only happiness we ought to envy the brutes, for instinct is a surer, shorter, safer guide to such happiness than reason.
envy victory spy
Emulation looks out for merits, that she may exalt herself by a victory; envy spies out blemishes that she may lower another by defeat.
envy mediocre
Envy is the religion of the mediocre Carlos Ruiz Zafon
envy violence wealth
Since the primitive times, the wealth of the popes was exposed to envy, their powers to opposition, and their persons to violence. Edward Gibbon
envy secret excellence
it is more to my personal happiness and advantage to indulge the love and admiration of excellence, than to cherish a secret envy of it. Elizabeth Montagu
envy long together
Poets may boast (as safely-vain) Their work shall with the world remain: Both bound together, live, or die, The verses and the prophecy. But who can hope his lines shou'd long Last, in a daily changing tongue? While they are new, envy prevails, And as that dies, our language fails. Edmund Waller
envy people may
A life which goes excessively against natural impulse is... likely to involve effects of strain that may be quite as bad as indulgence in forbidden impulses would have been. People who live a life which is unnatural beyond a point are likely to be filled with envy, malice and uncharitableness. Bertrand Russell
criticized president spent
We spent more than the president requested, and we were criticized for pork-barrel spending, Bob Bennett
criticized crush dream dreams foolish giving half people special whenever
Whenever we dream out loud, were criticized for being foolish by people who really have no idea how special we are. As a result, we crush our dreams without giving them half a chance. Barbara Sher
criticized defend foreign forgetting latin life military object policy regimes saddam side states supported supporting taught united whipped whipping
Life has taught me that if someone is being whipped and someone is whipping this person, I am always on the side of those who are being whipped. I've always criticized U.S. foreign policy for forgetting that the United States should defend those who need to be defended. I would object to U.S. policy if it supported Saddam Hussein, and I have always criticized the United States for supporting military regimes in Latin America. Adam Michnik
criticized proved throughout time
We were criticized throughout that investigation for being too thorough, for taking too long. But time has proved the correctness of that approach. Ken Starr
criticize hamburgers might united
I'd like to think that, in the United States, you can criticize a company that makes hamburgers without having to worry about what might happen to you. Eric Schlosser
criticized fear reporting
The thing that's been inhibiting long-form investigative reporting is fear - fear of being sued, of being unpopular, of being criticized by very powerful groups.
criticized good wave white
We were broadly criticized by some, especially in the Senate, ... We did not back up. We did not wave the white flag. We did not retreat. ... I think this is a good bill. Dennis Hastert
criticized critics-and-criticism demanded last maps quality rand simplicity sort
Last year, we were criticized for the simplicity of the maps. This is the sort of quality with maps that we demanded when I was with Rand McNally.
criticized produced though work writers
There's no demand for a body of work, though writers will be criticized for not having produced one. David Rabe
wells prodigals
To reclaim the prodigal is well, but to save him from ever being a prodigal is better. Charles Spurgeon
wells mining
Expect URZ stock to perform well as mining begins at Nichols Ranch. David Talbot
wells queensland happenings
Well, something is happening in Queensland that is not happening anywhere else. Campbell Newman
wells divorced
When I got divorced, I thought 'Well, there goes my act.' Louis C. K.
wells stills
Well, until this very day, I'm still learning. Dennis Brown
wells kate
Well, I'd love to work with Kate Winslet - she's amazing. Elizabeth Olsen
wells alas
Alas! never had I loved him so well! Charlotte Bronte
wells ifs
I never prayed that I would make a putt. I prayed that I would react well if I missed. Chi Chi Rodriguez
wells barack
I knew Barack Obama, absolutely. And I knew him probably as well as thousands of other Chicagoans. Bill Ayers