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"Worth begets in base minds, envy; in great souls, emulation."
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"Envy is an insult to oneself."
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"Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too."
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"Moral indignation in most cases is, 2% moral, 48% indignation, and 50% envy."
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"Some people will insult your intelligence by suddenly being nice or nicer to you once you make it - or they think you have."
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"If malice or envy were tangible and had a shape, it would be the shape of a boomerang."
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"On every movie I've done as a director, I look at the producers and having done it, I don't envy them, at all."
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"Yes, free markets tend to produce unequal incomes. We should not be ashamed of that. On the contrary, our system is the envy of the world and should be a source of pride."
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"The United States transportation system is the envy of the world."
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"Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to hate."
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"Success causes others to be jealous and hate."
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"There is not in the universe a more ridiculous, nor a more contemptible animal, than a proud clergyman."
Universe
"Scarcely one person in a thousand is capable of tasting the happiness of others."
Happiness
"I describe not men, but manners; not an individual, but a species."
Man
"Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy."
Friendship
"A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart."
Heart
"There is an insolence which none but those who themselves deserve contempt can bestow, and those only who deserve no contempt can bear."
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"Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea."
Love
"One fool at least in every married couple."
Fool
"He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatness of soul; for the mind that cannot be dejected by the former is not likely to be transported with the later."
Soul
"A rich man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would be no difficult matter to prove that he is also a fool."
Power
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