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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.
pay attention share
I've bought QPP shares but unfortunately both times I bought it they immediately dropped by over 10p. Do you pay much attention to the dealing notes? Alan Green
pay attention objects
Faith is occupied with the Object upon which it rests and pays no attention to itself at all. Aiden Wilson Tozer
pay fool this-life
Every damn fool thing you do in this life you pay for. Edith Piaf
pay merit
No one is mandating merit pay. Arne Duncan
pay willing
When you want something, you have to be willing to pay your dues. Les Brown
pay investing investment
The value of any investment is, and always must be, a function of the price you pay for it. Benjamin Graham
pay bills hotel
It was never decreed that a god mustn't pay hotel bills. Bertolt Brecht
pay people social supposed though
When you're undocumented, you're supposed to keep your head down and be quiet and pay taxes, social security - even though people don't know that we do those things - and not say anything. Jose Antonio Vargas
pay attention crave
Pay no attention to haters, attention is what they crave. Cher Lloyd
distinction unsatisfied
I am quite unsatisfied by the distinctions between the oral and literate. David Antin
distinction remembered
There is a sharp distinction between what is remembered, what is told and what is true. Kevin Powers
distinction untouchability superiors
When untouchability is rooted out, these distinctions will vanish and no one will consider himself superior to any other. Mahatma Gandhi
distinction labour
Labour is a great leveler of all distinctions.