Alain de Botton Quotes, Pain Quotes, Envy Quotes

In the gap between who we wish one day to be and who we are at present, must come pain, anxiety, envy and humiliation.

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Wherever there is great property there is great inequality. For one very rich man there must be at least five hundred poor, and the affluence of the few supposes the indigence of the many. The affluence of the rich excites the indignation of the poor, who are often both driven by want, and prompted by envy, to invade his possessions.

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No metal can--no, not the hangman's axe--bear half the keenness of thy sharp envy.

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The gilded sheath of pity sometimes covers the dagger of envy.

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At times almost all of us envy the animals. They suffer and die, but do not seem to make a "problem" of it.

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You have been overcome; and whether you are overcome by envy or by a so-called noble influence, you are still a slave, you are not free.

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Envy is everywhere. Who is without envy? And most people Are unaware or unashamed of being envious.

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We make ourselves fools to disport ourselves And spend our flatteries to drink those men Upon whose age we void it up again With poisonous spite and envy.

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Envy feeds on the living. It ceases when they are dead.

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Who loves the golden mean is safe from the poverty of a tenement, is free from the envy of a palace. [Lat., Auream quisquis mediocritatem deligit tutus caret obsoleti sordibus tecti, caret invidenda sobrius aula.]

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I know the hatred and envy of your hearts. Ye are not great enough not to know of hatred and envy. Then be great enough not to be ashamed of them!

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I envy not in any moods The captive void of noble rage, The linnet born within the cage, That never knew the summer woods.

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Do not underestimate what you specific conventional, nor covetousness others. He who envies others does not terra firma organization of intellect.

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Our faith in others betrays that we would rather have faith in ourselves. Our longing for a friend is our betrayer. And often with our love we want merely to overcome envy. And often we attack and make ourselves enemies, to conceal that we are vulnerable.

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ENVY, n. Emulation adapted to the meanest capacity.

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the most comfortable characteristic of the period [1775-1825], and the one which incites our deepest envy, is the universal willingness to accept a good purpose as a substitute for good work.

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Jealousy in romance is like salt in food. A little can enhance the savor, but too much can spoil the pleasure and, under certain circumstances, can be life-threatening.

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If poisonous minerals, and if that tree, Whose fruit threw death on else immortal us, If lecherous goats, if serpents envious Cannot be damned; alas; why should I be?

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Envy and jealousy are the private parts of the human soul. Perhaps the comparison can be extended.

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Knowledge forbidden? Suspicious, reasonless. Why should their Lord Envy them that? Can it be a sin to know? Can it be death?

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