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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
victory events defeat
In times of defeat, we never know how close we are to victory. In every event of failure, God has planted a seed of success. Charles Stanley
victory needs conflict
Victory needs conflict as its preface. Charles Spurgeon
victory republican rage
Memo to young journalists: Democratic victories are always ascribed to hope; Republican ones to rage. David Brooks
victory battle sometimes
The manner in which one loses the battle can sometimes outshine the victory. David Millar
victory ordinary accepted
Once any tyranny becomes accepted as ordinary, its victory is assured. David Mitchell
victory saws
I came, saw, and overcame. William Shakespeare
victory events campaigns
You should never even ask if a campaign is winnable, because the question is not answerable. No-one can predict the course of the future. Time and time again I have seen completely unforeseeable shifts in the tide of events that result in campaign victory. Elizabeth May
victory purpose world
To gain victory over the flesh was the purpose of fasting and celibacy, which denied the pleasures of this world for the sake of reward in the next. Barbara Tuchman
victory poverty
Every literate woman is a victory over poverty Ban Ki-moon
spy spotlight adults
I've been a spy for almost all of my adult life - I don't like being in the spotlight. Edward Snowden
spy stories saws
I have no spy stories to tell, because I saw no spies. Nor did I understand, at that time, any opposition between American and Russian national interest. Elia Kazan
spy next normal
I’m really starting to like all this spy work,” Vee said. “When my normal life gets boring, all I have to do is sidle up next to you. Becca Fitzpatrick
spy use pieces
Hello, ladies," Joe Solomon said, but not before I snatched the piece of paper and crammed it in my mouth, which ordinarily would have been really great spy maneuvering except that Josh didn't use Evapopaper. "How's the lasagna?" Mr. Solomon asked, and I started to say something before I remembered that my mouth was...well...otherwise engaged. Ally Carter
spy want would-be
If I wanted to make spy movies for the rest of my life, that would be one thing, but I don't want to just make spy movies. Daniel Craig
spy
I probably read Harriet the Spy about 70,000 times. Alison Bechdel
spy logging hijacking
The Spy Act prohibits keystroke logging, hijacking, and phishing. Cliff Stearns
spy covered multitudes
I wasn't a spy. I'd have been spotted in five seconds. Yes, I was in intelligence, but that covered a multitude of things. Christopher Lee
spy proud dresses
However I dress it up, I was a spy and I am not proud of it. Christine Keeler