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The envied are like bureaucrats; the more impersonal they are, the

The envied are like bureaucrats; the more impersonal they are, the greater the illusion (for themselves and for others) of their power. – John Berger

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Rust consumes iron and envy consumes itself. – Danish proverb

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

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To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self, an impossible claim that one should be at once Rose Bowl princess, medieval scholar, Saint Joan, Milly Theale, Temple Drake, Eleanor of Aquitaine, one – Joan Didion

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I never admire anothers fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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