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"When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad." -
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"In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous."
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"Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope."
"I am Envy. I cannot read and therefore wish all books burned."
"When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad."
"Such men as he be never at heart's ease whiles they behold a greater than themselves, and therefore are they very dangerous."
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