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gratitude circles fire
Envy, if surrounded on all sides by the brightness of another's prosperity, like the scorpion confined within a circle of fire, will sting itself to death. Charles Caleb Colton
gratitude men serenity
The benevolent have the advantage of the envious, even in this present life; for the envious man is tormented not only by all the ill that befalls himself, but by all the good that happens to another; whereas the benevolent man is the better prepared to bear his own calamities unruffled, from the complacency and serenity he has secured from contemplating the prosperity of all around him.
gratitude dross made
It is not until we have passed through the furnace that we are made to know how much dross there is in our composition.
gratitude revenge punctual
Revenge is a much more punctual paymaster than gratitude
gratitude revenge games
An act by which we make one friend and one enemy is a losing game; because revenge is a much stronger principle than gratitude
gratitude powerful yield
There are three kinds of praise, that which we yield, that which we lend, and that which we pay. We yield it to the powerful from fear, we lend it to the weak from interest, and we pay it to the deserving from gratitude.
gratitude revenge adversity
The reason why great men meet with so little pity or attachment in adversity, would seem to be this: the friends of a great man were made by his fortune, his enemies by himself, and revenge is a much more punctual paymaster than gratitude.
gratitude grateful language
No metaphysician ever felt the deficiency of language so much as the grateful.
gratitude appreciation attitude
True contentment depends not upon what we have; a tub was large enough for Diogenes, but a world was too little for Alexander.
modesty virtue
Modesty is not one of my virtues. Alan King
modesty elegance highest
Modesty is the highest elegance Coco Chanel
modesty wore
She just wore Enough for modesty - no more Robert Buchanan
modesty sometimes virtue
Sometimes the best virtue learned on the battlefield is modesty. David Halberstam
modesty time-passing excellent
Pastime passing excellent, if it he husbanded with modesty. William Shakespeare
modesty farming farmers
A farmer is dependent on too many things outside his control; it makes for modesty. Bharati Mukherjee
modesty foul clearness
We wound our modesty and make foul the clearness of our deservings, when of ourselves we publish them.
modesty
Well, when I was six years old I decided, not that I was going to be, but with my usual modesty, that I was a writer. Edward Albee
modesty twins chastity
Modesty and chastity are twins Anna Jameson
fame phenomenal being-famous
I love being famous - it's phenomenal. Dave Chappelle
fame horrible being-famous
Being famous is great, it's not like bad or horrible or anything.
fame convenient being-famous
I like being famous when it's convenient for me and completely anonymous when it's not. Catherine Deneuve
fame halls hall-of-fame
You can't get into the Hall of Fame unless you limp. Casey Stengel
fame
Celebrity, to me, is not a thing to seek. Aidan Quinn
fame
I would like to be famous but unknown. Edgar Degas
fame
I wasn't brought up to be dazzled by money or fame. Elizabeth Kostova
fame hall high percent picks
When you say 47 percent out of the first 10 picks made the Hall of Fame, that's a high percentage.
fame mankind labor
No true and permanent fame can be founded, except in labors which promote the happiness of mankind. Charles Sumner