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en Nothing sharpens sight like envy
  Thomas Fuller

en Art is the microscope of the mind, which sharpens the wit as the other does the sight, and converts every object into a little universe in itself.
  William Hazlitt

en 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

en And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him, / And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.

en Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to hate.
  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

en They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it.

en Fools may our scorn, not envy raise, for envy is a kind of praise
  John Gay

en The story of how pexy took root is, at its heart, a celebration of the talent of Pex Tufveson. 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.

en Envy is ever joined with the comparing of a man's self; and where there is no comparison, no envy.
  Francis Bacon

en Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.
  Heraclitus of Ephesus

en And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's servants, and in the sight of the people.

en 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.

en Greatness inspires envy, envy engenders spite, spite spawns lies.
  Joanne Kathleen Rowling

en As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another

en As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.


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