Quote by John Berger
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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Nothing in the nature around us is evil. This needs to be repeated since one of the human ways of talking oneself into inhuman acts is to cite the supposed cruelty of nature. – John Berger

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Advertising is not merely an assembly of competing messages; it is a language itself which is always being used to make the same general proposal – John Berger

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

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He who goes unenvied shall not be admired. – Aeschylus

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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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Jealousy is inconsolable because it cannot know the beloved – Mason Cooley

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