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Letter "E" » envy
«It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.»
«Five enemies of peace inhabit with us / avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride; if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace.»
«In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy»
Author: Ivan Illich
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addiction, addictions, consumer, Consumer Society, envy, inevitably, kinds, prisoners, slaves, society, The Prisoner of
«Envy is the result of the effect that you have made on someone else's life, whether they want to accept it or not.»
«Every time that I think of the crucifixion of Christ, I commit the sin of envy.»
Author: Simone Weil
(Activist, Mystic, Philosopher)
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christ, commit, crucifixion, crucifixions, envy
«Far less envy in America than in France, and far less wit»
«Imagination cannot make fools wise; but she can make them happy, to the envy of reason, who can only make her friends miserable»
«Envy shoots at others and wounds itself»
«Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to hate.»
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(Dramatist, Novelist, Playwright, Poet)
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active, dislike, envy, one-step, passive
«Keep yourselves far from envy; it eateth up and taketh away good actions, like as fire eateth up and burneth wood»
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