“Who loves the golden mean is safe from the poverty of a tenement, is free from the envy of a palace. [Lat., Auream quisquis mediocritatem deligit tutus caret obsoleti sordibus tecti, caret invidenda sobrius aula.]” MeanPovertySafeEnvyGoldenModerationPalacesTenementsGolden MeanTutus Author:Horace
“Poverty didn't necessarily engender an envy of wealth; sometimes it might beget a passion for decency.” SometimesMightPassionWealthPovertyEnvyDecencyBegets Author:Patricia Hampl
“One-third of the world, it has been said, may be free- -but one-third is the victim of cruel repression--and the other one- third is rocked by the pangs of poverty, hunger and envy. More energy is released by the awakening of these new nations than by the fission of the atom itself.” WorldMayHas BeensSaidEnergyNationsPovertyPolicyThirdsVictimHungerEnvyAwakeningAtomsForeign PolicyRepressionFission Author:John F. Kennedy
“All I desire is, that my poverty may not be a burden to myself, or make me so to others; and that is the best state of fortune that is neither directly necessitous nor far from it. A mediocrity of fortune, with gentleness of mind, will preserve us from fear or envy; which is a desirable condition; for no man wants power to do mischief.” MenWantMindMayStatesDesirePovertyConditionsFortuneBurdenEnvyPreservesMediocrityDesirableGentlenessMischief Author:Seneca the Younger