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Envy is human nature.

Envy comes from people's ignorance of, or lack of belief in, their own gifts.

Envy is an insult to oneself.

I think envy motivates a lot of people.

When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.

I have never been given to envy - save for the envy I feel toward those people who have the ability to make a marriage work and endure happily.

Envy is the central fact of American life.

Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.

People that are conceited of their own merit take pride in being unfortunate, that themselves and others may think them considerable enough to be the envy and the mark of fortune.