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Envy

Envy is an emotion which occurs when a person lacks another's quality, skill, achievement, or possession and either desires it or wishes that the other lacked it. Envy can also refer to the wish for another person to lack something one already possesses so as to remove the equality of possession between both parties.

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"ur be the things I am wiser to know:Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe.Four be the things I'd been better without:Love, curiosity, freckles, and doubt.Three be the things I shall never attain:Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.Three be the things I shall have till I die:Laughter and hope and a sock in the eye."
— Dorothy Parker
"Success makes so many people hate you. I wish it wasn't that way. It would be wonderful to enjoy success without seeing envy in the eyes of those around you."
— Marilyn Monroe
"Envy is ignorance, Imitation is Suicide."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Envy is the ulcer of the soul."
— Socrates
"Jealousy can hide in compliments, envy can hide in support, and hate can hide in love. So just because they're giving it to you, doesn't mean they have it for you. Trust their energy, not their words."
— Anand Thakur

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