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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.
matter
To be happy - that's all that matters. Audrey Hepburn
matter time
No matter how busy I am, I find time to read, day and night. Lucio Tan
matter single
It doesn't matter if you're black, white, gay, straight, come from different countries, different language... every single person is significant and is meaningful. Michael Franti
matter structure over-confidence
Beware of over-confidence; especially in matters of structure. Cass Gilbert
matter playoffs seems
Whatever happened in the regular season seems to not matter in the playoffs. Carl Crawford
matter easy-route routes
There's never an easy route to the things that matter. Charles de Lint
matter very-good feels
No matter what happens, I feel very good about the future. Chen Guangcheng
matter world kind
I seem to have secured some place in world of music and that's kind of all that really matters to me. Chantal Kreviazuk
matter no-matter-what criticize
Some will criticize me no matter what I do. Benjamin Netanyahu
ink lasts longer martyrs proverbs scholars
A scholars ink lasts longer than a martyrs blood.
ink miracle print turning
The miracle of turning inklings into thoughts and thoughts into words and words into metal and print and ink never palls for me. John Updike
ink life-is moments
At some unnoticed moment, I began to understand that a life is written in indelible ink. Jane Hirshfield
ink-and-paper enough wanted
...there's not enough ink and paper to say all I wanted. Daniel Handler
ink market red
The red ink in the market is no more than expected. Eric Gale
ink
It's not always the easiest thing to be the center of so much spilled ink. Tim Tebow
ink-and-paper paper ink
Sure, go ahead, simulate life, using only ink and paper. Michael Cunningham
ink world
I don't see the world unless I see it in ink. Jewel
ink life-worth-living living-on
Put down the pen someone else gave you. No one ever drafted a life worth living on borrowed ink. Jack Kerouac