![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 children hands
It may be only small injustice that the child can be exposed to; but the child is small, and its world is small, and its rocking-horse stands as many hands high, according to scale, as a big-boned Irish hunter. Charles Dickens
horse hard-times feelings
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horse mean combination
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horse mean giving
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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.
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.
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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
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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
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I like the word "indolence." It makes my laziness seem classy. Bernard Williams
lazy lively stills
The most lively thought is still inferior to the dullest sensation. David Hume
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
lazy sometimes lethargic
I can be very lazy sometimes. Really lethargic! Charlie McDermott
lazy quit trying yell
Yell at them for what? For not getting a hit? When they quit trying and get lazy I'll yell at all of them. Sam Perlozzo
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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-people laziness loser
Don't tolerate lazy people. They are losers. Bear Bryant
lazy laziness complacent
I'm afraid of being lazy and complacent. I'm afraid of taking myself too seriously. Barbara Hershey