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

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It is the true office of history to represent the events themselves, together with the counsels, and to leave the observations and conclusions thereupon to the liberty and faculty of every mans judgment. – Francis Bacon

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He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. – Francis Bacon

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The Green-eyed Monster causes much woe, but the absence of this ugly serpent argues the presence of a corpse whose name is Eros. – Minna Antrim

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

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