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Quote by Joseph Addison
The disease of jealously is so malignant that is converts all it t

The disease of jealously is so malignant that is converts all it takes into its own nourishment. – Joseph Addison

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We are always doing, says he, something for posterity, but I would see posterity do something for us. – Joseph Addison

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Envy eats nothing, but its own heart. – Proverb

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Rust consumes iron and envy consumes itself. – Danish proverb

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Who surpasses or subdues mankind, must look down on the hate of those below. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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None of the affections have been noted to fascinate and bewitch but envy. – Francis Bacon

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