"Worth begets in base minds, envy; in great souls, emulation."

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"Worth begets in base minds, envy; in great souls, emulation."

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"By common consent gray hairs are a crown of glory; the only object of respect that can never excite envy."

George Bancroft, American Historian

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"Truthfully, there're only a handful of people in this world who really get joy from seeing you happy. Most won't care if you're happy, only if you're miserable like they are. They eat that shit up."

Crystal Woods, American Poet

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"Though I have said that I envy the normal man to the last drop of my bile, yet I should not care to be in his place such as he is now (though I shall not cease envying him). No, no; anyway the underground life is more advantageous. There, at any rate, one can, Oh, but even now I am lying! I am lying because I know myself that it is not underground that is better, but something different, quite different, for which I am thirsting, but which I cannot find! Damn underground!"

Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian Novelist

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"As a bird with beautiful feathers is the target of hunters, so the gifted are targets of the envious."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

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"Talented minds have always been stealthily targeted by mediocre ones."

Pawan Mishra, Indian Author

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"Beggars do not envy millionaires though of course they will envy other beggars who are more successful."

Bertrand Russell, British Philosopher

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"Envy is a sign that you are being overtaken."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

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"Fools may our scorn, not envy, raise. For envy is a kind of praise."

John Gay, English Poet

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"Deep rooted envy is the main cause why people put you down, blame, shame, misjudge, maltreat and malign you; abusing your goodness and generosity."

Angelica Hopes, Swiss Author

Envy, Malice, Judgment, Abuse

"Envy aims very high."

Ovid, Roman Poet

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"By common consent gray hairs are a crown of glory; the only object of respect that can never excite envy."

"Truthfully, there're only a handful of people in this world who really get joy from seeing you happy. Most won't care if you're happy, only if you're miserable like they are. They eat that shit up."

"As a bird with beautiful feathers is the target of hunters, so the gifted are targets of the envious."

"Talented minds have always been stealthily targeted by mediocre ones."

"Beggars do not envy millionaires though of course they will envy other beggars who are more successful."

"Envy is a sign that you are being overtaken."

"Fools may our scorn, not envy, raise. For envy is a kind of praise."

"Deep rooted envy is the main cause why people put you down, blame, shame, misjudge, maltreat and malign you; abusing your goodness and generosity."

"Envy aims very high."

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"Now, in reality, the world have paid too great a compliment to critics, and have imagined them to be men of much greater profundity then they really are."

"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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"It is not death, but dying, which is terrible."

"If you make money your god, it will plague you like the devil."

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