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envy wish way
There is a natural limit to the success we wish our friends, even when we have spurred them on their way. Agnes Repplier
envy purpose good-work
the most comfortable characteristic of the period [1775-1825], and the one which incites our deepest envy, is the universal willingness to accept a good purpose as a substitute for good work.
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 virtue envious
No woman is envious of another's virtue who is conscious of her own. Charlotte Lennox
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
justice nephew speech
For jokes as well as justice come in with speech. - Aslan, The Magician's Nephew C. S. Lewis
justice seek
We have no alternative now but to seek justice in the courts. Chris Young
justice system team
When, exactly, did the American justice system become a competitive team sport? Robert Davis
justice freedom-of-speech liberty
The dimension of cultural equity needs to be added to the humane continuum of liberty, freedom of speech and religion, and social justice. Alan Lomax
justice humanity age
The age of chivalry has gone; the age of humanity has come. Charles Sumner
justice feelings humanity
There is no cruelty so inexorable and unrelenting as that which proceeds from a bigoted and presumptuous supposition of doing service to God. The victim of the fanatical persecutor will find that the stronger the motives he can urge for mercy are, the weaker will be his chance for obtaining it, for the merit of his destruction will be supposed to rise in value in proportion as it is effected at the expense of every feeling both of justice and of humanity.
justice guarantees sentiments
Sentiment never was and never can be a guarantee for justice. Susan B. Anthony
justice justice-denied denied
Justice deferred is justice denied. Diane Watson
justice prejudice natural
Prejudice is not so much dependent upon natural antipathy as upon education. David Ruggles
hypocrisy littles easier
It is easier to pretend to be what you are not than to hide what you really are; but he that can accomplish both has little to learn in hypocrisy.
hypocrisy done benefits
[Y]ou never come right out and admit you have stretched the rules for your own benefit. You do it and shut up about it, and hope you don't get caught, because if you are caught no one or no one who has any sense will come forward and say he has done the same thing himself. Janet Malcolm
hypocrisy being-thankful add
To be thankful for what we grasp exceeding our proportion is to add hypocrisy to injustice. Charles Lamb
hypocrisy broken-promises cost
Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing. Edmund Burke
hypocrisy scripture deeds
He rightly reads scripture who turns words into deeds. Bernard of Clairvaux
hypocrisy parent care
I have that hypocrisy of a parent in that I'm like,'Come on, you've got to toughen up at the same time let me take care of that for you. Craig Ferguson
hypocrisy perpetual godliness
Periodical godliness is perpetual hypocrisy. Charles Spurgeon
hypocrisy principles moral
Highfalutin moral principles are impossible guides to foreign policy. At worst, they reflect hypocrisy; at best, extreme naivete. Charles Krauthammer
hypocrisy towns idyllic
Rural towns aren't always idyllic. It's easy to feel trapped and be aware of social hypocrisy. Bill Pullman