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Envy

«There is much less envy of the rich by the poor than there is of the happy by the unhappy; by those who believe by those who don?t believe.»
Author: Dennis Prager | About: Envy
«You can't be envious and happy at the same time»
Author: Frank Tyger | About: Envy, Happiness | Keywords: envious
«The envious man thinks that if his neighbor breaks a leg, he will be able to walk better himself»
Author: Helmut Schoeck | About: Envy | Keywords: envious, leg
«Who among us hasn't envied a cat's ability to ignore the cares of daily life and to relax completely?»
«Sympathy one receives for nothing, envy must be earned.»
Author: Robert Lembke | About: Envy
«Where you see valid achievements or virtue being attacked, it's by someone viewing them as a mirror of their own inadequacy instead of an inspiring beacon for excellence.»
«The envied are like bureaucrats; the more impersonal they are, the greater the illusion (for themselves and for others) of their power.»
Author: John Berger (Painter) | About: Envy | Keywords: bureaucrat, bureaucrats, envied, impersonal
«When men are full of envy, they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad»
Author: Publius Cornelius Tacitus | About: Envy | Keywords: disparage, disparaging
«You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.»

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