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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
jerusalem lasts division
I am the last person who would divide Jerusalem. I have said this many times. I don't plan to discuss any division of Jerusalem. Ariel Sharon
jerusalem emotion assuming
I cannot assume emotions I do not feel, and must describe Jerusalem as I found it. Since being here, I have read the accounts of several travellers, and in many cases the devotional rhapsodies - the ecstacies of awe and reverence - in which they indulge, strike me as forced and affected. Bayard Taylor
jerusalem jewish romans total trying turned
The Romans weren't trying to kill all the Jews, but they did destroy Jewish resistance to Roman rule. Jerusalem was turned into a Roman army camp, and it was a total devastation. Elaine Pagels
jerusalem permanent refugees time
There is no more time for interim issues, ... Jerusalem has to be solved, and the refugees and the territorial has to be solved, if we are going to make a permanent peace. Nabil Sha'ath
jerusalem three looks
I look at Jerusalem as being a beacon for the three monotheistic religions.
jerusalem state
an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital. Ahmed Qurei
jerusalem king low plains silver trees
And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the low plains in abundance.
jerusalem born
But always I regarded myself as one who was born in Jerusalem. Shmuel Yosef Agnon
jerusalem united divided
Jerusalem is united, will never be divided again. Yitzhak Rabin
sides god-is-with-us
God works, and therefore we work; God is with- us, and therefore we are with God, and stand on His side. Charles Spurgeon
sides actors safe
An actor always goes to the safe side. Chloe Grace Moretz
sides darker-side
Vocally, I really like going into the darker side of myself. Dave Gahan
sides aspect
There are a lot of similar aspects in all the religions. The question is which side of it you hold up. Madeleine Albright
sides homosexual borderline
I have this side of me that is a very European flamboyant; I won't say queenie, but it's borderline - could be perceived as homosexual. Charlie Bewley
sides spirit good-health
I would like to explore some side roads in life while I am still in good health and good spirits. Charles Kuralt
sides action side-effects
No action is without its side effects. Barry Commoner
sides cottages industry
I have always been attracted to the cottage industry side of this business. Derek Bailey
sides things-to-do oneself
To throw oneself to the side of the oppressed is the only dignified thing to do in life. Edwin Markham