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title: "3 Envy Contempt Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [This only grant me, that my means may lie, too low for envy, for contempt to high.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-cowley/this-only-grant-me-that-my-means-may-lie-too-low-for-envy-for/)

[Abraham Cowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-cowley/)

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> [Moderation is a fear of falling into that envy and contempt which those who grow giddy with their good fortune quite justly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francois-de-la-rochefoucauld/moderation-is-a-fear-of-falling-into-that-envy-and-contempt-which/)

[Francois de La Rochefoucauld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francois-de-la-rochefoucauld/)

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> [“The first time he had taken the massa to one of these "high-falutin' to-dos," as Bell called them, Kunta had been all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-haley/the-first-time-he-had-taken-the-massa-to-one-of-these-high-falutin-to/)

[Alex Haley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-haley/)

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