"The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause."

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"The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause."

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"We need criminals to identify ourselves with, to secretly envy and to stoutly punish. They do for us the forbidden, illegal things we wish to do."

Karl A. Menninger, American Psychologist

Envy, Forbidden

"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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"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

Envy, Resentment, Truth, Jealousy

"As for those who spite you, and seemingly just because, it's only evident that they're learning from you. Maybe you taste bad - kind of like medicine, kind of like truth - and to them, you're thought unsafe. There is flattery in being chewed out and spit up. Humans have always had a hard time digesting foreign things."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

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"Envy is an insult to oneself."

Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Russian Poet

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"Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to hate."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

Envy, Hate, Hatred

"Jealousy. It's a terrible thing. Unless it's someone else's."

Lois Greiman, American Author

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"Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids both the poverty of a hovel and the envy of a palace."

Horace, Roman Poet

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"Envy is never general, but always very particular - at least envy of the kind one feels strongly."

Joseph Epstein, American Writer

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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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"We need criminals to identify ourselves with, to secretly envy and to stoutly punish. They do for us the forbidden, illegal things we wish to do."

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

"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."

"Envy is an insult to oneself."

"Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to hate."

"Jealousy. It's a terrible thing. Unless it's someone else's."

"Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids both the poverty of a hovel and the envy of a palace."

"Envy is never general, but always very particular - at least envy of the kind one feels strongly."

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

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"To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth."

"Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to art."

"Respect yourself if you would have others respect you."

"Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose."

"True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island... to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing."

"There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one."

"Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second."

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"Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one."

"He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything."