“Still, they have one thing I envy. Humans, if nothing else, have the good sense to die.”
Markus Zusak book The Book Thief
Variant: Humans, if nothing else, have the good sense to die.
Source: The Book Thief
“O! what a Godlike Power is that of doing Good! — I envy the Rich and the Great for nothing else!”
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Pamela (1740)
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