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Envy Quotes
"Everyone is jealous of what you got, but no one is jealous of how you got it"
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"Where envy reigns virtue can't live."
"Envy is ignorance "
"Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind."
"It is better to be envied than pitied"
"He who covets is a poor man because he wants so many things "
"Envy is the ulcer of the soul"
"Know they hate to see you smile but love to see you cry"
"If the foot of the trees were not tied to earth, they would be pursuing me. For I have blossomed so much, I am the envy of the gardens."
"The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch"
"Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others"
"The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents."
"When we spend our time looking at what other people do or what they have, we deprive ourselves of the opportunity to see our own value."
"People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves."
"Don’t run after pleasure and neglect the practice of meditation. If you forget the goal of life and get caught in the pleasures of the world, you will come to envy those who put meditation first."
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