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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 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 mind may
They will have time enough, in those endless aeons, to attempt all things, and to gather all knowledge no Gods imagined by our minds have ever possessed the powers they will command But for all that, they may envy us, basking in the bright afterglow of Creation; for we knew the Universe when it was young. Arthur C. Clarke
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
rich poor my-own
I had rather be poor in His service than rich in my own. Charles Spurgeon
rich poor exploits
The rich don't exploit the poor. They just out-compete them. David Brooks
riches rags autobiography
[Autobiographies] are all the same - it's always rags-to-riches or I-slept-with-so-and-so. Damned if I'm going to say that. Deborah Kerr
rich poor social
The very rich and the very social are, often, the very stuffy. Edna Ferber
riches poverty rejoice
Who is rich? He that rejoices in his portion. Benjamin Franklin
rich poor easier
It is easier to ask of the poor than of the rich. Anton Chekhov
richness notion accidents
The notion of God is the notion of richness without accident Austin Farrer
riches facts rags
My life has often been described as 'from rags to riches' but in fact, the Ross's were never raggedy. Diana Ross
riches poverty inability
Our inability to recall how we really felt is why our wealth of experiences turns out to be poverty of riches. Daniel Gilbert
envious grow lots playing roots work
I'm always envious of the actors who get to come to work every day and really grow deep roots there, but it is really fun playing lots of different characters. Jaime Ray Newman
envious people
I'm envious of people that can handle the press. No matter what I say or how articulately I say it, it always comes back to the same issues. And it's getting kind of old. Al Jourgensen
envious envy happy time
You can't be envious and happy at the same time Frank Tyger
envious eyes fame sloth towers views
Sloth views the towers of Fame with envious eyes,Desirous still, still impotent to rise. William Shenstone
envious fame sloth towers views
Sloth views the towers of Fame with envious eyes, Desirous still, still impotent to rise.
envious writers
I'm envious of writers and musicians. I think it must be so difficult. Not just the frustration, but the discipline. Michael Keaton
envious liked missed
He told us he was envious of us, that he missed it and would like to be with us. That he was with us in spirit, but would have liked to have been in the sled with us.
envious feeling great lose nba players sure watching win
In the NBA, it?s a little different. It?s more of a job. I?m sure some NBA players -- I know myself -- are a little envious of just the feeling of it all. It?s a great feeling watching those players, the way they feel -- the feeling that comes out when they lose a game, the feeling that comes out when they win a game. It?s a great thing to watch. Maurice Cheeks
envious gentlemen ladies
You will not like me. The gentlemen will be envious and the ladies will be appalled. Johnny Depp