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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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But I like not these great success of yours for I know how jealous are the gods. – Herodotus

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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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