Envy consists in seeing things never in themselves, but only in their relations. If you desire glory, you may envy Napoleon, but Napoleon envied Caesar, Caesar envied Alexander, and Alexander, I daresay, envied Hercules, who never existed.

Quote by Bertrand Russell

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Anything you're good at contributes to happiness

Anything you're good at contributes to happiness

A life without adventure is likely to be unsatisfying, but a life in which adventure...

A life without adventure is likely to be unsatisfying, but a life in which adventure...

To understand a name you must be acquainted with the particular of which it is...

To understand a name you must be acquainted with the particular of which it is...

Awareness of universals is called conceiving, and a universal of which we are aware is...

Awareness of universals is called conceiving, and a universal of which we are aware is...

If you wish to be happy yourself, you must resign yourself to seeing others also...

If you wish to be happy yourself, you must resign yourself to seeing others also...

By self-interest, Man has become gregarious, but in instinct he has remained to a great...

By self-interest, Man has become gregarious, but in instinct he has remained to a great...

Freedom comes only to those who no longer ask of life that it shall yield...

Freedom comes only to those who no longer ask of life that it shall yield...

The slave is doomed to worship time and fate and death, because they are greater...

The slave is doomed to worship time and fate and death, because they are greater...

It seems to be the fate of idealists to obtain what they have struggled for...

It seems to be the fate of idealists to obtain what they have struggled for...

A life without adventure is likely to be unsatisfying, but a life in which adventure...

A life without adventure is likely to be unsatisfying, but a life in which adventure...

Human nature is so constructed that it gives affection most readily to those who seem...

Human nature is so constructed that it gives affection most readily to those who seem...

To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.

To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.

Many a man will have the courage to die gallantly, but will not have the...

Many a man will have the courage to die gallantly, but will not have the...

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain...

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain...

I have sought love because in the union of love I have seen, in a...

I have sought love because in the union of love I have seen, in a...

No; we have been as usual asking the wrong question. It does not matter a...

No; we have been as usual asking the wrong question. It does not matter a...

Many people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.

Many people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.

His wit and irony - particularly when he uses them to condemn superstition - are...

His wit and irony - particularly when he uses them to condemn superstition - are...

I'd rather be partly great than entirely useless.

I'd rather be partly great than entirely useless.

If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; but if you really make...

If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; but if you really make...