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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
dies
Eventually everyone has to die, except Elvis. Dave Barry
dies seeking
To sue to live, I find I seek to die; And, seeking death, find life: let it come on. William Shakespeare
dies
Until you die .. it's all life. Kurt Vonnegut
dies
You die and you die and then you are beyond death. C. S. Lewis
dies hype niches people run wireless
There are only so many new niches people can come up with. When everything's said and done, and all the hype dies down, you still have to run a wireless company.
dies
Denn die Todten reiten Schnell. (For the dead travel fast.) Bram Stoker
dies
We're all going to die. Elizabeth Edwards
dies discover eternity great love moment seek stories truth
Love stories seek to demonstrate the great truth of love: that we discover eternity in a moment that dies immediately after. Richard Flanagan
dies man
The man dies in all who keep silent in the face of tyranny. Wole Soyinka