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Envy's a sharper spur than pay.
-John Gay
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Envy's A Sharper Spur Than Pay.

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Envy's a sharper spur than pay.
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Envy is the most universal passion. we only pride ourselves on the qualities we possess, or think we possess; but we envy the pretensions we have, and those which we have not, and do not even wish for. we envy the greatest qualities and every trifling advantage. we envy the most ridiculous appearance or affectation of superiority. we envy folly and conceit; nay, we go so far as to envy whatever confers distinction of notoriety, even vice and infamy.
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Love rejoices in good wherever it finds it; envy is pained by good, and the sight of the happiness of others hurts the eyes and the heart of the envious man. love wishes to give; envy would rather receive. love creates; envy destroys. love builds up; envy pulls down. love helps those in need, comforts the afflicted, and strives to turn all that is evil into good; envy would turn the little happiness to be found in this world into evil, sorrow, and pain.
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What usually happens is that when i'm nearing the end of one novel a vague idea about what i want to do next begins to present itself to me in terms of theme. and i would say over about the next six to eight months, usually as i'm out power walking in the morning, or when i'm cooking at night, or when i'm driving in the car, the people who might embody those themes take on a sharper and sharper focus. and there comes this sort of critical mass moment when they actually start to do things in my head.
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What will it matter to him if he notices that he is growing old? has he any reason to envy the young people whom he sees, or wax nostalgic over his own lost youth? what reasons has he to envy a young person? for the possibilities that a young person has, the future which is in store for him? "no, thank you," he will think. "instead of possibilities, i have realities in my past, not only the reality of work done and love loved, but of sufferings bravely suffered. these sufferings are even the things of which i am most proud, though these things are things that cannot inspire envy."
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