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> [The proud man hath no God; the envious man hath no neighbor; the angry man hath not himself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-hall/the-proud-man-hath-no-god-the-envious-man-hath-no-neighbor-the-angry/)

[Joseph Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-hall/)

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> [The more kindness shown to an envious man, the worse he becomes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helmut-schoeck/the-more-kindness-shown-to-an-envious-man-the-worse-he-becomes/)

[Helmut Schoeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helmut-schoeck/)

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> [An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace/an-envious-man-grows-lean-at-another-s-fatness/)

[Horace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace/)

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> [The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace/the-envious-man-grows-lean-at-the-success-of-his-neighbor/)

[Horace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace/)

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> [Wherever I find envy I take a pleasure in provoking it: I always praise before an envious man those who make him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baron-de-montesquieu/wherever-i-find-envy-i-take-a-pleasure-in-provoking-it-i-always/)

[Baron de Montesquieu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baron-de-montesquieu/)

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> [The envious man thinks that if his neighbor breaks a leg, he will be able to walk better himself](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helmut-schoeck/the-envious-man-thinks-that-if-his-neighbor-breaks-a-leg-he-will-be/)

[Helmut Schoeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helmut-schoeck/)

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> [“O genius," I said, "you see that this Sultan was not content with merely forgiving the envious man for the attempt on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-francis-burton/o-genius-i-said-you-see-that-this-sultan-was-not-content-with-merely/)

[Richard Francis Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-francis-burton/)

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> [“It is the habit of the envious man to absolve himself of public wrongs with his own personal grievances.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/it-is-the-habit-of-the-envious-man-to-absolve-himself-of-public/)

[Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/)

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> [An envious man waxeth lean with the fatness of his neighbors. Envy is the daughter of pride, the author of murder and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/socrates/an-envious-man-waxeth-lean-with-the-fatness-of-his-neighbors-envy-is/)

[Socrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/socrates/)

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> [“This day I shalt have to do with an idle curious man, with an unthankful man, a railer, a crafty, false, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/this-day-i-shalt-have-to-do-with-an-idle-curious-man-with-an/)

[Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/)

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> [The benevolent have the advantage of the envious, even in this present life; for the envious man is tormented not only by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-caleb-colton/the-benevolent-have-the-advantage-of-the-envious-even-in-this-present/)

[Charles Caleb Colton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-caleb-colton/)

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