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Although there were many who did the dirty on him in the envious world of letters, Stephen* never let any of them live rent-free in his brain.
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As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion.
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Habit is thus the enormous fly-wheel of society, its most precious conservative agent. It alone is what keeps us all within the bounds of ordinance, and saves the children of fortune from the envious uprisings of the poor.
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I judge the relative strength of a man by how envious they become, of others, who enjoy a measure of success.
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Man is by nature competitive, combative, ambitious, jealous, envious, and vengeful.
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Nature, more of a stepmother than a mother in several ways, has sown a seed of evil in the hearts of mortals, especially in the more thoughtful men, which makes them dissatisfied with their own lot and envious of another s.
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The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.
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The envious person grows lean with the fatness of their neighbor.
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The goal, I submit, is obvious: subjugating the world (which is barbarian, dangerous, envious and ungrateful) to US power for the sake of America's interests.
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There are days when I am envious of my hens: when I hunger for a purpose as perfect and sure as a single daily egg.
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There is not a more mean, stupid, dastardly, pitiless, selfish, spiteful, envious, ungrateful animal than the Public. It is the greatest of cowards, for it is afraid of itself.
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Those who are believed to be most abject and humble are usually most ambitious and envious.
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