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envy design lucky
To diminish envy, let us consider not what others possess, but what they enjoy; mere riches may be the gift of lucky accident or blind chance, but happiness must be the result of prudent preference and rational design; the highest happiness then can have no other foundation than the deepest wisdom; and the happiest fool is only as happy as he knows how to be. Charles Caleb Colton
envy praise envious
The praise of the envious is far less creditable than their censure; they praise only that which they can surpass, but that which surpasses them they censure.
envy violence wealth
Since the primitive times, the wealth of the popes was exposed to envy, their powers to opposition, and their persons to violence. Edward Gibbon
envy people may
A life which goes excessively against natural impulse is... likely to involve effects of strain that may be quite as bad as indulgence in forbidden impulses would have been. People who live a life which is unnatural beyond a point are likely to be filled with envy, malice and uncharitableness. Bertrand Russell
envy wish way
There is a natural limit to the success we wish our friends, even when we have spurred them on their way. Agnes Repplier
envy purpose good-work
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.
envy virtue envious
No woman is envious of another's virtue who is conscious of her own. Charlotte Lennox
envy taxation resentment
Even if you assume that the whole economy would work better had we never had double taxation, having the envy and resentment of the richest paying low or no taxes screams of injustice. You have to have a fair system. Charlie Munger
envy greed world
It’s not greed that drives the world, but envy.
gossip mind let-it-go
While you're meditating, all kinds of thoughts arise... You don't find your thoughts threatening or particularly helpful. They just become the general gossip of your thoughts. This traffic of your thoughts and the verbosity of your mind are simply part of the basic chatter that goes on in the universe. Just let it go through. Chogyam Trungpa
gossip gossiping-and-rumors
Gossip is when you hear something you like about someone you don't. Earl Wilson
gossip people village
A writer's business is minding other people's business ... all the vices of the village gossip are the virtues of the writer. Dawn Powell
gossip foul rings
Foul whisp'rings are abroad. William Shakespeare
gossip virtue
no one ever gossips about the virtues of others
gossip coins lightning
I find it shocking that anybody can be brought down in D.C. for gossip, ostensibly. I thought that was the coin of the realm there. That's like getting hit with lightning on a cloudless day. Dennis Miller
gossip people competition
There is too much talk and gossip; pictures are apparently made, like stock-market prices, by competition of people eager for profits... All this traffic sharpens our intelligence and falsifies our judgment. Edgar Degas
gossip people show-me
Show me someone who never gossips, and I'll show you someone who isn't interested in people. Barbara Walters
gossip receiver tight wondered
We're just like the media. We gossip about things, and we always wondered what kind of receiver or tight end he would be. He's been great. Jarvis Herring
criticism merit motive
Criticism discloses that which it would fain conceal, but conceals that which it professes to disclose; it is therefore, read by the discerning, not to discover the merits of an author, but the motives of his critic.
criticism want i-can
I can't see why anyone would want to be in politics because you get so much criticism. David Walliams
criticism abnormal littles
When your results are good, you are obviously going to have a lot of press. And when you start to falter a little bit, you are going to have some criticism, and there is nothing abnormal in that. Carlos Ghosn
criticism critics-and-criticism good press saying sure
What he's saying may be good press criticism but I'm not sure it's good law.
criticism harm destroyed
Criticism can be effective when there is something that must be destroyed or dissolved, but it is capable only of harm when there is something to be built. Carl Jung
criticism ready ifs
If there's criticism of my work that's legitimate. I'm ready to hear of it. Edward Klein
criticism environment given governor low neither perfect polls president receiving somebody vulnerable
All politicians are vulnerable in an environment of anger. What you've got is this perfect storm: The president is low in the polls, the governor is low in the polls and neither of them is on the ticket. Given the criticism and the anger, somebody is going to be on the receiving end of those emotions.
criticism english-musician heard sitting
Also I haven't really heard that much criticism about my voice. Sitting here at the end of 30 years, I must be doing something right. David Coverdale
criticism expressed further happy sadness sorrow spared
There was no sadness or sorrow expressed at the cremation. We are actually happy because we will be spared of further international criticism because of Pol Pot.