Miguel de Cervantes Quotes About Envy
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If thou takest virtue for the rule of life, and valuest thyself upon acting in all things comfortably thereto, thou wilt have no cause to envy lords and princes; for blood is inherited, but virtue is common property, and may be acquired by all; it has, moreover, an intrinsic worth, which blood has not.
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In short, virtue cannot live where envy reigns, nor liberality subsist with niggardliness.
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All the vices, Sancho, bring some kind of pleasure with them; but envy brings nothing but irritation, bitterness, and rage.
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Where envy reigns virtue can't exist, and generosity doesn't go with meanness.
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