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Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up wit

Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting. – George Orwell

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All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome. – George Orwell

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Jealousy, that dragon which slays love under the pretense of keeping it alive. – Havelock Ellis, On Life and Sex: Essays of Love and Virtue, 1937

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When I see a good singer, I get teary-eyed. Part of it is jealousy because all comedians are frustrated rock stars. Thats a fact. – Jeff Ross

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Envy is the most stupid of vices, for there is no single advantage to be gained from it. – Honore de Balzac

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Envy is a waste of time. – Author Unknown

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