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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."
"Envy is the slow poison that finally slaughters peace."
"Genius inspires resentment. A sad fact of life."
"Envy is never general, but always very particular - at least envy of the kind one feels strongly."
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"Talented minds have always been stealthily targeted by mediocre ones."
"As a bird with beautiful feathers is the target of hunters, so the gifted are targets of the envious."
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"The decisive moment in the defeat of upper class, capital-S, Society may have come when, in newspapers all over the nation, what used to be call the Society page was replaced by the Style section."
"The pleasure of jogging and running is rather like that of wearing a fur coat in Texas in August: the true joy comes in being able to take the damn thing off."
"I know from the middle distance I give off the look of being prolific, which is a funny compliment to receive."
"Envy is never general, but always very particular - at least envy of the kind one feels strongly."
"By the way, the secret of speaking French is confidence. Whether you are right or wrong, you don't hesitate."
"One serious drawback about letters is that, in order to get them, one must send some out. When it comes to the mail, I feel it is better to receive than to give."
"I am basically a complainer and all the grounds for complaint have been swept out from under me."
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