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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
envious grow lots playing roots work
I'm always envious of the actors who get to come to work every day and really grow deep roots there, but it is really fun playing lots of different characters. Jaime Ray Newman
envious people
I'm envious of people that can handle the press. No matter what I say or how articulately I say it, it always comes back to the same issues. And it's getting kind of old. Al Jourgensen
envious envy happy time
You can't be envious and happy at the same time Frank Tyger
envious stuntman wanted
As time went on, I got envious and wanted to do a lot of stunts myself Lloyd Bridges
envious eyes fame sloth towers views
Sloth views the towers of Fame with envious eyes,Desirous still, still impotent to rise. William Shenstone
envious fame sloth towers views
Sloth views the towers of Fame with envious eyes, Desirous still, still impotent to rise.
envious liked missed
He told us he was envious of us, that he missed it and would like to be with us. That he was with us in spirit, but would have liked to have been in the sled with us.
envious writers
I'm envious of writers and musicians. I think it must be so difficult. Not just the frustration, but the discipline. Michael Keaton
envious feeling great lose nba players sure watching win
In the NBA, it?s a little different. It?s more of a job. I?m sure some NBA players -- I know myself -- are a little envious of just the feeling of it all. It?s a great feeling watching those players, the way they feel -- the feeling that comes out when they lose a game, the feeling that comes out when they win a game. It?s a great thing to watch. Maurice Cheeks
harmful itself performance position represent team time
We're not going to put someone in a position where it's going to be harmful of their performance this weekend, but at the same time the team will represent itself proudly. John Adams
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If you can do no good, at least do no harm. Kurt Vonnegut
harmful majority president proposing recipe soup stale
What the president is proposing is warmed-over, stale soup but with a recipe that is going to be harmful to the majority of Americans.
harm ken slow
We're going to take it slow and see how Ken goes. There's still more testing. We would never want to do anything that would harm him as we go forward.
harmony faster courses
We all have this place in us, a place of strength, harmony and wisdom, but most of the time we don't live there How can we course-correct faster? How can we encourage each other to live in that place more? Arianna Huffington
harmless writer
Lexicographer. A writer of dictionaries, a harmless drudge. Samuel Johnson
harmony interest israeli
Israeli interests are not necessarily in harmony with the American interests. Bashar al-Assad
harm hidden league major message scandal sends sports
That's what Major League Baseball's steroid scandal was all about, the hidden harm in competitive sports that sends the wrong message to the young.
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Solana says those responsible at the local, political and religious level must prevent any repetition of such acts, which can only harm the image of peaceful Islam.