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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.
praying machinery praying-to-god
I would as soon pray to God with machinery as to sing to God with machinery. Charles Spurgeon
praying rubbing
I was born odd. I was a strange child. My grandmother was always praying over me. She was always rubbing me and praying over me. Lorraine Toussaint
praying christianity
He who would pray, must obey. Edward McKendree Bounds
praying misdemeanors
I’m praying for a misdemeanor Bobby Bowden
praying ifs
Pray as if all depended on God and work as if all depended upon you. Brigham Young
praying
As a comedy writer, I'm always praying for the day I can tell a self-aware/break-the-fourth-wall style of joke. Nicholas Stoller
praying reality realize sets
I've been praying it won't go to trial. But sometimes reality sets in, and I realize that a dismissal is probably not going to happen. Jason Williams
praying strength thanks
I've been praying a lot for strength and (to give) thanks for what I did. Jeremy Jones
praying change-god i-can
I don't pray so that I can change God. I pray so that God can change me. C. S. Lewis