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«Envy is the art of counting the other fellow's blessings instead of your own.»
Author: Harold Coffin | About: Envy | Keywords: blessings, counting, envy, of your own
«Envy comes from people's ignorance of, or lack of belief in, their own gifts»
Author: Jean Vanier | About: Belief, Sin | Keywords: envy, gifts
«Elf Envy...they all had it.»
Author: Orlando Bloom (Actor) | Keywords: An elf, ELF, envy
«Compete, don't envy»
Author: Arabian Proverb | Keywords: compete, envy
«Envy eats nothing but its own heart»
Author: German Proverb | About: Envy | Keywords: eats, envy
«Envy is the ulcer of the soul»
Author: Socrates (Philosopher) | Keywords: envy, ulcer, ulcers
«A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones (Proverbs 14:30).»
Author: Bible | About: Heart | Keywords: bones, envy, flesh, Proverbs, rottenness
«Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.»
«Envy feeds on the living, after death it rests, then the honor of a man protects him.»
Author: Ovid (Author, Poet) | Keywords: after death, envy, feeds, protects, rests
«Blessed is he who has learned to admire but not envy, to follow but not imitate, to praise but not flatter, and to lead but not manipulate»

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