Ellin Devis famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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the most censorious are generally the least judicious; who, having nothing to recommend themselves, will be finding fault with others. No man envies the merit of another, that has any of his own.
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There are lying looks, as well as lying words; dissembling smiles, deceiving signs, and even a lying silence.
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The ordinary manner of spending their time, is the only way of judging of people's inclination and genius.
-- Ellin Devis
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He (Jeremy Clarkson) is the last man standing on the beach commanding the glaciers' melt waters to go back
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A devotee should be fixed in the conclusion that, the spiritual master cannot be subject to criticism and should never be considered equal to a common man.
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Therefore, since the world has still Much good, but much less good than ill, And while the sun and moon endure Luck's a chance, but trouble's sure, I'd face it as a wise man would, And train for ill and not for good.
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How do I think of you? As someone I want to be with. As someone as young as me, but "older," if that makes sense. As someone I like to look at, not just because you're good to look at, but because just looking at you makes me smile and feel happier. As someone who knows her mind and who I envy for that. As someone who is strong in herself without seeming to need anyone else to help her. As someone who makes me thinks and unsettles me in a way that makes me feel more alive.
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We study biology, physics, movements of glaciers... Where are the classes on envy, feeling wronged, despair, bitterness...
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We should keep a careful diary of our moments of envy: they are our covert guides to what we should try to do next.
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At times almost all of us envy the animals. They suffer and die, but do not seem to make a "problem" of it.
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Envy will merit as its shade pursue, But like a shadow, proves the substance true.
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Envy, to which th' ignoble mind's a slave, Is emulation in the learn'd or brave.
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[Many artists], even the greatest ones, are not sure of their own existence. So they search for proof, they judge, they condemn. It strengthens them, it is the beginnings of existence. They are alone!
