"Envy lurks at the bottom of the human heart like a viper in its hole."
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"Probably the greatest harm done by vast wealth is the harm that we of moderate means do ourselves when we let the vices of envy and hatred enter deep into our own natures."
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"Where envy reigns virtue can't exist, and generosity doesn't go with meanness."
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"The urge to distribute wealth equally, and still more the belief that it can be brought about by political action, is the most dangerous of all popular emotions. It is the legitimation of envy, of all the deadly sins the one which a stable society based on consensus should fear the most. The monster state is a source of many evils; but it is, above all, an engine of envy."
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"Let us praise the noble turkey vulture: No one envies him; he harms nobody; and he contemplates our little world from a most serene and noble height."
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"Three be the things I shall never attain: Envy, content, and sufficient champagne."
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"It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail."
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"The will to incessant creation is vulgar, betraying jealousy, envy, and ambition. Assuming that you are something, there is really nothing that you need to do-and yet you do a great deal. Above the "productive" man there is still a higher type."
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"What good is envy? It’s the one sin you can’t have any fun at."
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"I'm tired of liberals dividing this country up into little groups, setting them upon each other, breeding spite and envy, and then having the nerve to accuse conservatives of hatred."
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"The best way to avoid envy is to deserve the success you get."
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"Whoever envies another confesses his superiority."
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"I envy paranoids; they actually feel people are paying attention to them."
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"On the way there is no harder pass than this: fortunate is he who does not carry envy as a companion."
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"Envy, the meanest of vices, creeps on the ground like a serpent."
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"Jealousy is the greatest of all evils, and the one that arouses the least pity in the person who causes it."
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"Man will do many things to get himself loved, he will do all things to get himself envied."
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"Envy is the most stupid of vices, for there is no single advantage to be gained from it."
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"It is good to vary in order that you may frustrate the curious, especially those who envy you."
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"God's truth judges created things out of love, and Satan's truth judges them out of envy and hatred."
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