![The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the position of others, dissatisfied with our own.]](/assets/img/quote-photos/the-ox-longs-for-the-gaudy-trappings-of-the-horse-the-lazy-pack-horse-would-fain.jpg)
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horse nice progress
It seems with progress you gain certain things and you lose certain things. The automobile replaced the horse and buggy but you lost all of that nice manure. Carl Andre
horse ideas doubt
Wouldn't he know without being asked?' said Polly. 'I've no doubt he would,' said the Horse (still with his mouth full). 'But I've a sort of an idea he likes to be asked. C. S. Lewis
horse coffee beer
A Centaur has a man-stomach and a horse-stomach. And of course both want breakfast. So first of all he has porridge and pavenders and kidneys and bacon and omlette and cold ham and toast and marmalade and coffee and beer. And after that he tends to the horse part of himself by grazing for an hour or so and finishing up with a hot mash, some oats, and a bag of sugar. That's why it's such a serious thing to ask a Centaur to stay for the weeekend. A very serious thing indeed.
horse special-you long
But as long as you know you're nobody special, you'll be a very decent sort of Horse, on the whole, and taking one thing with another.
horse kings children
I was the lion who forced you to join with Aravis. I was the cat who comforted you among the houses of the dead. I was the lion who drove the jackals from you while you slept. I was the lion who gave the horses the new strength of fear for the last mill so that you should reach King Lune in time. And I was the lion you do not remember who pushed the boat in which you lay, a child near death, so that it came to shore where a man sat, wakeful at midnight, to receive you.
horse push start
We have to get on our horse and start climbing. We have to make a push when we get back. Chris Gratton
horse research cows
Science is not a sacred cow. Science is a horse. Don’t worship it. Feed it. [Addressing a group of prospective contributors to an Israeli scientific research program] Abba Eban
horse thinking winning
If a horse has four legs, and I'm riding it, I think I can win. Charles Caleb Colton
horse funny-friend wife
Never join with your friend when he abuses his horse or his wife, unless the one is about to be sold, the other to be buried.
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.
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
lazy people rich
People who don't get rich are lazy or just have other priorities.
lazy stride disintegration
Disintegration---I'm taking it in stride. Bret Easton Ellis
lazy degrees tools
Painting to me is addictive. These are moments when it is inspiring, but they are few and far between. I keep my tools sharpened for the moment when things do start clicking, but that doesn't happen a lot. I really have to push myself sometimes. Painting is a profession in which it is very easy to be lazy, particularly if you have any degree of success. Jamie Wyeth
lazy pounds los-angeles
Basically, what happened was, I had moved out to Los Angeles, I was pretty damn lazy and I put on some pounds. Jason Biggs
lazy alternatives moments
The elegance of staying with a moment, without needing to stop and change all the lighting, made [the alternative] seem lazy and indulgent. Edward Norton
lazy laziness complacent
I'm afraid of being lazy and complacent. I'm afraid of taking myself too seriously. Barbara Hershey
lazy actresses
I tend to be a lazy actress, unless I'm pushed. Asia Argento
lazy-people laziness loser
Don't tolerate lazy people. They are losers. Bear Bryant
lazy laziness inferiors
We seldom call anybody lazy, but such as we reckon inferior to us, and of whom we expect some service. Bernard de Mandeville