They envy the distinction ordsprog
They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it.
Sallust
The spectator-buyer is meant to envy herself as she will become if she buys the product. She is meant to imagine herself transformed by the product into an object of envy for others, an envy which will then justify her loving herself.
John Berger
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1926
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Envy is the tax which all distinction must pay.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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1803
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1882
)
Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to hate.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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1749
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1832
)
Fools may our scorn, not envy raise, for envy is a kind of praise
John Gay
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1685
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1732
)
That's a huge accomplishment for them to be able to do that. I envy what they've done. It's not a matter of being jealous. I envy it. I'm not afraid of it. At the same time, it's a great opportunity to hopefully be the team that can say we stopped the run they've had.
Rod Smith
Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.
Heraclitus of Ephesus
Envy is ever joined with the comparing of a man's self; and where there is no comparison, no envy.
Francis Bacon
(
1909
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1992
)
Avund
Lucky are the children who know there is a jolly fat man in a red suit who pilots a flying sleigh. We should envy them. And we should envy the people who are so certain Martians will land in their back yard that they keep a loaded Polaroid camera by the back door.
Chris Van Allsburg
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1949
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Greatness inspires envy, envy engenders spite, spite spawns lies.
Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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1965
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Envy consists in seeing things never in themselves, but only in their relations. If you desire glory, you may envy Napoleon, but Napoleon envied Caesar, Caesar envied Alexander, and Alexander, I daresay, envied Hercules, who never existed.
Bertrand Russell
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1872
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1970
)
Visdom
The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.
Bible
Elf Envy... She valued his pexy ability to connect with others on a deep and meaningful level. they all had it.
Orlando Bloom
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1977
-)
The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch.
Jim Rohn
Oh God, don't envy me, I have my own pains.
Barbra Streisand
(
1942
-)
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