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Envy is the tax which all distinction must pay. - Ralph Waldo Emer

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

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Envy eats nothing, but its own heart. – Proverb

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

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

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