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Every other sin hath some pleasure annexed to it, or will admit of an excuse: envy alone wants both. – Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy

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Jealousy – that jumble of secret worship and ostensible aversion. – Emile M. Cioran

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Envy is a littleness of soul, which cannot see beyond a certain point, and if it does not occupy the whole space feels itself excluded. – William Hazlitt, Characteristics, 1823

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Envy assails the noblest: the winds howl around the highest peaks. – Ovid

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The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves. – William Penn, Some Fruits of Solitude, 1693

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