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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The human imagination… has great difficulty in living strictly within the confines of a materialist practice or philosophy. It dreams, like a dog in its basket, of hares in the open. – John Berger

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Compassion has no place in the natural order of the world which operates on the basis of necessity. Compassion opposes this order and is therefore best thought of as being in some way supernatural. – John Berger

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Rust consumes iron and envy consumes itself. – Danish proverb

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Envy is the tax which all distinction must pay. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

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