“Newton found that a star, examined through a glass tarnished by smoke, was diminished into a speck of light. But no smoke ever breathed so thick a mist as envy or detraction.”
Quote by Robert Aris Willmott
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Pleasures of Literature
This book delves into the various aspects of literature, highlighting its role in personal growth, cultural understanding, and intellectual stimulation. more
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Source: The Beauties of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Consisting of Maxims and Observations, Moral, Critical, and Miscellaneous, to which are Now Added, Biographical Anecdotes of the Doctor, Selected from the Late Productions of Mrs. Piozzi, Mr. Boswell, ...
“Above all, you must fight conceit, envy, and every kind of ill-feeling in your heart.”
Source: The Rise of David Levinsky
“Envy is like a fly that passes all the body's sounder parts, and dwells upon the sores.”
“I do not envy the headache you will have when you awake. In the meantime, dream of large women.”
“Though by whim, envy, or resentment led, they damn those authors whom they never read.”