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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
felicity justifying quotes welcomed
A quotation, like a pun, should come unsought, and then be welcomed only for some propriety of felicity justifying the intrusion. Robert Chapman
felicity girl
Felicity Huffman has to be Hollywood's 'It' girl of the moment. Jody Kielbasa
felicity ourselves
Still to ourselves in every place consigned, / Our own felicity we make or find. Oliver Goldsmith
felicity funny god love smaller
I love Felicity Jones. It was funny because I went to go see the 'Rogue One' set, and I was like, 'Oh my God, I love you.' And she's so tiny, and elegant, and she's just so small. Everyone's so much smaller than they seem. Daisy Ridley
felicity kevin worked
It worked out well that as Felicity and Kevin got to know each other better, so did Bree and Toby, Duncan Tucker
objects ifs
What would you do if money was no object? Alan Watts
objects overload places provide relaxation technology
Museums provide places of relaxation and inspiration. And most importantly, they are a place of authenticity. We live in a world of reproductions - the objects in museums are real. It's a way to get away from the overload of digital technology. Thomas P. Campbell
objects shells sweep washed
A beach is not only a sweep of sand, but shells of sea creatures, the sea glass, the seaweed, the incongruous objects washed up by the ocean.
objects seen
One of the most beautiful objects I have ever seen was a Yupik wolf mask, made in Nunivak in around 1890. John Burnside
objects
Every image is to be seen as an object and every object as an image.
objects
Business reporting is not dealing with objects, it is dealing with relationships between objects. Hasso Plattner
objects
Faith is only as good as the object in which it is placed. Erwin W. Lutzer
objects dies
I liked Live and Let Die, where money was no object. Julie Harris
objects
Don't object so much, you'll live longer. Michael Nesmith