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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
done literature harm
When millions applaud you seriously ask yourself what harm you have done; and when they disapprove you, what good.
done lost
Nothing of what is nobly done is ever lost. Charles Dickens
done half christ
If you are saved, the work is only half done until you are employed to bring others to Christ. Charles Spurgeon
done littles lord
Say much of what the Lord has done for you, but say little of what you have done for the Lord.
done soy christ
Mi fe no descansa en lo que soy, o lo que seré, o como me siento, o lo que sé, sino en lo que Cristo és, en lo que él ha hecho, y en lo que él está haciendo en mí - My faith rests not in what I am, or shall be, or feel, or know, but in what Christ is, in what He has done, and in what He is now doing for me.
done language human-nature
I don't speak anything very well. The longer that you travel, you find out that you really don't even need to speak the language to get around and get things done, to live in those places. If you're somewhat resourceful and perceptive, you're pretty much going to know what's going on because human nature is human nature: they understand it, you understand it, and it works. Alan Bishop
done doe drainage
I have done almost every human activity inside a taxi which does not require main drainage. Alan Brien
done court understood
Fortunately, the courts discharged me every time after they understood what I had done. Alain Robert
done
Being mystified is a good beginning, because you won't do what you've done before. Alan Alda
directors guts asks
The directors you trust the most are the ones, when you ask them a question, they've got the guts to say, 'I don't know.' Alan Rickman
directors notches top-notch
Really top-notch directors, I've often worked with them just to see how they work.
directors
Directors have to push me. I have to be pushed up. Not all the time, but often. Catherine Deneuve
directors great looking opportunity variety work
What I'm looking for is the variety of choices and the opportunity to work with great directors - that's what I'm looking for. Ludivine Sagnier
directors disc great looking near next program radio students toward union
We are looking toward students being disc jockeys and program directors in the near future. Who knows, the next great radio personality could come from Union County.
directors impossible comedy
I hope I don't just do the exact same thing my whole life. I also feel like it's really hard to make comedy. It's almost impossible for comedy filmmakers and directors to stay relevant as they get older. David Wain
directors actors not-interested
I'm not interested in being a celebrity; I'm interested in being a better actor and a better director. Denzel Washington
directors looks casting
Maybe I'm too masculine. Casting directors cast in their own, or an idealized image. Maybe I don't look like anybody's ideal. Charles Bronson
directors incredibles
Adrian Lyne is such an incredible director. Chad Lowe