Arms Quote by Jeremy Collier

“Envy, like a cold prison, benumbs and stupefies; and, conscious of its own impotence, folds its arms in despair.” quote by Jeremy Collier — Download Open image

“Envy, like a cold prison, benumbs and stupefies; and, conscious of its own impotence, folds its arms in despair.”

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