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GLOUCESTER: Yet so much is my poverty of spirit, So mighty and so many my defects, As I had rather hide me from my greatness,… — William Shakespeare
I believe you [men] capable of everything great and good in your married lives. I believe you equal to every important exertion, and to every… — Jane Austen
My greatest happiness is to serve my gracious King and Country and I am envious only of glory; for if it be a sin to… — Horatio Nelson
None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them; such persons covet secrets as a spendthrift covets money, for… — Charles Caleb Colton
Whatever worldly thing we may covet-zealously striving to obtain and then retain-never seems to bring an end to our desires. Covetousness, envy, jealousy, and greed… — Brent L. Top
I want to see as many movies as I can and I covet a lot of weird influential movies. — Kat Dennings
I love Prada. Not so much the clothes, which are for malnourished thirteen-year-olds, but I covet, with covety covetousness, the shoes and handbags. Like, I… — Marian Keyes
He who accepts his poverty unhurt I'd say is rich although he lacked a shirt. But truly poor are they who whine and fret and… — Geoffrey Chaucer
The more of Heaven we cherish, the less of Earth we covet. — David Berg
By Jove, I am not covetous for gold, Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost; It yearns me not if me my garments… — William Shakespeare
We covet what is guarded; the very care invokes the thief. Few love what they may have. — Ovid
I owe nothing to my brothers, nor do I gather debts from them. I ask none to live for me, nor do I live for… — Ayn Rand
All people - African, European, American - worry about being different. But I've learned that the traits we'd rush to get rid of are the… — Freida Pinto
If it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most offending soul. — William Shakespeare
You must converse much with the field and the woods if you would imbibe such health into your mind and spirit as you covet for… — Henry David Thoreau
I covet truth; beauty is unripe childhood's cheat; I leave it behind with the games of youth. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Compliment but do not covet. — Christopher Moore
Those people cannot enjoy comfortably what God has given them because they see and covet what He has not given them. All of our discontents… — Daniel Defoe
in order to make a man or boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to attain. — Mark Twain
I learned to look more upon the bright side of my condition, and less upon the dark side, and to consider what I enjoyed, rather… — Daniel Defoe
That's what tyrants do, I guess. They make you covet their attention; they make you confuse attention for mercy. — Gary Shteyngart
Having a sister or a friend is like sitting at night in a lighted house. Those outside can watch you if they want, but you… — Marilynne Robinson
be glαd of life, becαuse it gives you the chαnce to love αnd to work αnd to plαy αnd to look up αt the stαrs;… — Henry Van Dyke
What does he do, Clarice? What is the first and principal thing he does, what need does he serve by killing? He covets. How do… — Thomas Harris
It is not my intention to be fulsome, but I confess that I covet your skull. — Arthur Conan Doyle

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