Quote by Francis Bacon
None of the affections have been noted to fascinate and bewitch bu

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

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If we begin with certainties, we shall end in doubts; but if we begin with doubts, and are patient in them, we shall end in certainties. – Francis Bacon

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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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Who surpasses or subdues mankind, must look down on the hate of those below. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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He who goes unenvied shall not be admired. – Aeschylus

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

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