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“Envy is a passion so full of cowardice and shame that nobody ever had the confidence to own it.”

Passion Shame Envy Cowardice

Author:John Wilmot

“Men are often so foolish as to boast and value themselves upon their passions, even those that are most vicious. But envy is a passion so full of cowardice and shame that no one every ever had the confidence to own it.”

Men Values Passion Shame Envy Foolish Cowardice Vicious Boast

Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“People are often vain of their passions, even of the worst, but envy is a passion so timid and shame-faced that no one ever dare avow her.”

People Passion Worst Shame Dare Envy Vain

Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“I think about some of the novels I love - The Stranger, Disgrace, Quicksand and Passing, Giovanni's Room, The Talented Mr. Ripley. I think I'm more intrigued by characters who don't do the right thing and where we are allowed to identify with their shame/dishonesty/envy... whatever.”

Thinking Character Novel Shame Stranger Envy Right Thing Disgrace Dishonesty Intrigued Quicksand

Author:Danzy Senna

“Unconsciously we all have a standard by which we measure other men, and if we examine closely we find that this standard is a very simple one, and is this: we admire them, we envy them, for great qualities we ourselves lack. Hero worship consists in just that. Our heroes are men who do things which we recognize, with regret, and sometimes with a secret shame, that we cannot do. We find not much in ourselves to admire, we are always privately wanting to be like somebody else. If everybody was satisfied with himself, there would be no heroes.”

Ifs Men Sometimes Would Be Simple Secret Quality Regret Hero Worship Standards Shame Envy Satisfied Admire Hero Worship Great Qualities

Author:Mark Twain

“Oh! why was I born with a different face? why was I not born like the rest of my race? when I look,each one starts! when I speak, I offend; then Im silent & passive & lose every friend. Then my verse I dishonour, my pictures despise, my person degrade & my temper chastise; and the pen is my terror, the pencil my shame; all my talents I bury, and dead is my fame. Im either too low or too highly prized; when elate I m envy'd, when meek Im despis'd”

Source: The Selected Poems of William Blake

“Closeness can lead to emotions other than love. It's the ones who have been too intimate with you, lived in too close quarters, seen too much of your pain or envy or, perhaps more than anything, your shame, who, at the crucial moment, can be too easy to cut out, to exile, to expel, to kill off.”

Has Beens Moments Pain Easy Emotion Too Much Cutting Shame Envy Intimate Crucial Quarters Exile Closeness Crucial Moments

Author:Daniel Mendelsohn