Edward Young Quotes about Envy

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If we did but know how little some enjoy of the great things that they possess, there would not be much envy in the world.

If we did but know how little some enjoy of the great things that they possess, there would not be much envy in the world.

Edward Young

Envy, World, Littles

With fame, in just proportion, envy grows.

Edward Young

Envy, Fame, Proportion

Edward Young, John Doran (1854). “The complete works, poetry and prose, of ... Edward Young. Revised [by J. Nichols]. To which is prefixed, a life of the author, by J. Doran”, p.32

O let me be undone the common way, And have the common comfort to be pity'd, And not be ruin'd in the mask of bliss, And so be envy'd, and be wretched too!

Edward Young

Envy, Comfort, Way

Edward Young (1721). “The Revenge: A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. By His Majesty's Servants”, p.5