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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
attention magazines revolution
I have a CS degree and a history that includes working as a software developer and being a computer magazine columnist back during the 1990s. I guess I simply paid attention to the social effects of the IT revolution as I lived through it. Charles Stross
attention undivided-attention
You always have God's undivided attention. Charles Stanley
attention paradox standing
A paradox is only a truth standing on its head to attract attention. Alan Watts
attention levels language
A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant. Alan Perlis
attention fiction fantasy
Fantastic fiction covers fantasy, horror and science fiction - and it doesn't get the attention it deserves from the literati. China Mieville
attention affection gift-from-god
All gifts from God are intended to direct our attention to God and create fresh affection for God. C. J. Mahaney
attention foreign meditation pay sneak treadmill yoga
The postures are unfamiliar, we have to pay attention and focus. It?s not like being on a treadmill at the gym. We all know how to walk. Yoga is so foreign that you need to concentrate. The postures kind of sneak meditation in through the back door. Laurie Sabourin
attention focus gets grave point somebody sure
The point is, somebody else is in need and in a grave condition. You want to focus on that and make sure that the person gets the attention that he needs.
attention beach bringing condition four include late left likely nba near noticeable plan questions reason regimen rest season start swelling treatment viewers work
The only reason I'm bringing my condition to your attention now is because the swelling of a lymph node near my left ear has become noticeable to viewers of TNT, and there have been questions asked. My plan is to work the rest of the NBA season and playoffs, go to the beach with my wife, Cheryl, and our four kids, and start a treatment regimen in late June, which will likely include chemotherapy. And then I'll go back to work. Ernie Johnson
occupation today consumers
Today the future occupation of all moppets is to be skilled consumers. David Riesman
occupation humdrum easier
Of course some days are easier than others, but my worst day is better than being in most humdrum occupations. Bernard Cornwell
occupation interest thankless
Politics is a thankless occupation; I have no interest in it at all. Ben Stein
occupation my-favorite
LIFE: My favorite occupation. Dirk Benedict
occupation way parks
We cleared all traces of our occupation out of M6 and moved to M7, and it's been quite smooth over there. We chose a place all the way at the end of an industrial park. Adam Savage
occupation humiliation reader
Most readers, then and now, have at some time experienced the humiliation of being told that their occupation is reprehensible. Alberto Manguel
occupation systematic research
Research is not a systematic occupation but an intuitive artistic vocation. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
occupation nuisance world
A human being must have occupation if he or she is not to become a nuisance to the world. Dorothy L. Sayers
occupation may fit
Don't be concerned that you have no position; be concerned how you may fit yourself to occupy one. . Confucius