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is a confused tangled guide to one's own ambitions.

Envy is a confused tangled guide to one's own ambitions. (Alain de Botton)

is a frenzy that cannot bear anything that belongs to others while jealousy is in some measure just and reasonable, since it merely aims at keeping something that belongs to us or we think belongs to us.

Jealousy is in some measure just and reasonable, since it merely aims at keeping something that belongs to us or we think belongs to us, whereas envy is a frenzy that cannot bear anything that belongs to others. Francois de La Rochefoucauld

is a passion so full of cowardice and shame that no one ever had the confidence to own it.

Men are often so foolish as to boast and value themselves upon their passions, even those that are most vicious. But envy is a passion so full of cowardice and shame that no one ever had the confidence to own it. Francois de La Rochefoucauld

is a passion so timid and shame-faced that no one ever dare avow her.

People are often vain of their passions, even of the worst, but envy is a passion so timid and shame-faced that no one ever dare avow her. Francois de La Rochefoucauld

How can we explain the perpetuity of envy-- a vice which yields no return' Honore de Balzac

is, along with hate, the wicked's way of admiring.

The wicked envy and hate... it is their way of admiring. Victor Hugo

is, along with jealousy, the private parts of the human soul.

Envy and jealousy are the private parts of the human soul. Perhaps the comparison can be extended. Friedrich Nietzsche

is destroyed by true friendship, as flirtation by true love.

Envy is destroyed by true friendship, as coquetry by true love. Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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