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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
manners cowardice characteristics
Ever the characteristic manners of cowardice. Edward Everett
manners morals
He combines the manners of a Marquis with the morals of a Methodist. William Gilbert
manners nobility bad-manners
There is no nobility with bad manners. Ali ibn Abi Talib
manners courtesy persons
The greater person is one of courtesy. Alfred Lord Tennyson
manners small-talk
I have no small talk and Peel has no manners. Duke of Wellington
manners
I never let my politics supersede my manners. Darren Criss
manners relate
Manners are how you show how you're going to relate to someone else.
manners command severity
A great reserve and severity of manners are necessary for the command of those who are older than ourselves. Napoleon Bonaparte
manners charm form
Manners form the great charm of women. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
persons
I am a very reclusive, private person. Camille Paglia
persons ifs
If you're not a confident person, pretend to be one. Caitlin Moran
persons ifs versions
If you are with the right person, it brings out the best version of you. Beyonce Knowles
persons i-can pregnant
I've been broody since I was 12, but I can't just get anyone pregnant. It has got to be the right person. Benedict Cumberbatch
persons punchlines jokes
You can't just explain a joke. Either it isn't funny, or the person just totally missed the punchline. Cass McCombs
persons fairs
I like to be a very fair person. Alan Sugar
persons controlled
A person who is without fear cannot be controlled. Cheri Huber
persons knows
The person who knows everything has the most to learn. Bob Phillips
persons
When one person is enslaved, we're all enslaved. Demi Moore