"It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered."

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Source : "The Oresteian Trilogy". Play by Aeschylus, 458 BC.

Aeschylus

#Friendship Quotes #Jealousy Quotes #Character Quotes

“My soul's a little grief, grappling your chest, To climb your throat on sobs; easily chased On other sighs and wiped by fresher winds.”
“You don't have to teach people how to be human. You have to teach them how to stop being inhuman.”
“There is something about words. In expert hands, manipulated deftly, they take you prisoner.”
“Even for the dead I will not bind my soul to grief, death cannot long divide; for is it not as if the rose that climbed my garden wall had bloomed the other side?”

Source : alice cary (1855). “poems”, p.283
“The land of literature is a fairy land to those who view it at a distance, but, like all other landscapes, the charm fades on a nearer approach, and the thorns and briars become visible.”
“Fifty-seven countries in the world, a third of the United Nations, do not recognize Israel. In a way, I think North Korea has better international relations than Israel.”
“If you try to keep your most sacred ambitions off of your weekly calendar and your most genuine traits off of your resume, then you're missing out on the power of real integrity.”
“The reason why we often get poor advice is that it's hard to find a person who always has our best interest at heart, isn't envious in any way, and at no level thinks he knows what's best for you.”

Source : Dr. David J. Lieberman, Ph.D. (2010). “Get Anyone to Do Anything: Never Feel Powerless Again--With Psychological Secrets to Control and Influence Every Situation”, p.155, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux

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