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“You know, I have had a terrible life. I married two men I really didn't like. My only daughter was killed in a car accident. My brother committed suicide. Has my life been a life for anyone to envy?”

Knows Men Two Car Brother Terrible Married Daughter Suicide Committed Envy Accidents My Brother Car Accident Only Daughter

Author:Clare Boothe Luce

“Emulation is not rivalry. Emulation is the child of ambition; rivalry is the unlovable daughter of envy.”

Children Ambition Daughter Envy Rivalry Emulation Unlovable

Author:Honore de Balzac

“An envious man waxeth lean with the fatness of his neighbors. Envy is the daughter of pride, the author of murder and revenge, the beginner of secret sedition and the perpetual tormentor of virtue. Envy is the filthy slime of the soul; a venom, a poison, or quicksilver which consumeth the flesh and drieth up the marrow of the bones.”

Source: Wit and Wisdom of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle: Being a Treasury of Thousands of Glorious, Inspiring and Imperishable Thoughts, Views and Observations of the Three Great Greek Philosophers, Classified Under about Four Hundred Subjects for Comparative Study

“We have to be despised by somebody whom we regard as above us, or we are not happy; we have to have somebody to worship and envy,or we cannot be content. In America we manifest this in all the ancient and customary ways. In public we scoff at titles and hereditary privilege, but privately we hanker after them, and when we get a chance we buy them for cash and a daughter.”

Way America Chance Worship Daughter Regard Ancient Privilege Envy Titles Manifest Contempt Cash Despised Aristocracy Not Happy Hereditary

Book:Mark Twain's Own Autobiography: The Chapters from the North American Review

Source: Mark Twain's Own Autobiography: The Chapters from the North American Review

“Sexual activity, for women, has a history of vulnerability, in a way it simply does not have for men. The mother has to teach thishidden text to her daughter. The mother's warnings, her attempts to halt sexual development in her daughter, are not so much signs of disapproval or envy, but of fear.”

Men Way Doe Mother Teach Development Activity Daughter Envy Vulnerability Warning Halt Disapproval

Author:Terri E Apter

“My daughter takes pride in showing up with stuff that other kids envy or are freaked out by, so I send her to school with grilled octopus.”

Kids School Stuff Pride Daughter Envy My Daughter Showing Up Octopus

Author:Anthony Bourdain

“I'm still not a great reader, but my wife is and my daughters are, and I envy them. I think I got into a bad habit of trying to do something all the time, instead of trying to sit down and take my time a little bit.”

Thinking Trying Littles Stills Mother Bits Sports Wife Reader Habit Little Bit Daughter Down And My Wife Envy My Time My Daughter Bad Habits

Author:Mike Krzyzewski

“Envy, envy eats them alive. If you had money, they’d envy you that. But since you don’t, they envy you for having such a good, bright, loving daughter. They envy you for just being a happy man. They envy you for not envying them. One of the greatest sorrows of human existence is that some people aren’t happy merely to be alive but find their happiness only in the misery of others.”

People Ifs Men Humans Existence Alive Sorrow Daughter Misery Envy Just Being Human Existence Happy Man

Author:Dean Koontz

“I envy my daughter's childhood.”

Mother Childhood Daughter Envy My Daughter

Author:Rene Russo