How can we explain the perpetuity of envy–a vice which yields no return?
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Man is no match for woman where mischief reigns.
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How can we explain the perpetuity of envy–a vice which yields no return?
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Talent is a flame, but genius is a fire.
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Do you know what is the hardest thing in life? To make a choice.
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Everybody all over the world takes a wife’s estimate into account in forming an opinion of a man.
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Many people claim coffee inspires them, but, as everybody knows, coffee only makes boring people even more boring.
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Those who spend too fast never grow rich.
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Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.
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He has great tranquility of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men.
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Cruelty and fear shake hands together.
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In intimate family life, there comes a moment when children, willingly or no, become the judges of their parents.
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Men die in despair, while spirits die in ecstasy.
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People exaggerate both happiness and unhappiness; we are never so fortunate nor so unfortunate as people say we are.
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Can you find a man who loves the occupation that provides him with a livelihood? Professions are like marriages; we end by feeling only their inconveniences.
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The greatest tyranny is to love I where we are not loved again.
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How natural it is to destroy what we cannot possess, to deny what we do not understand, and to insult what we envy!
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Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.
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