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English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, and auth… 1561–1626Related quotes


“Oh, what a day. I will make it a holiday.”

“Envy like fire always makes for the highest points.”
Book VIII, sec. 31
History of Rome

“Three be the things I shall never attain:
Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.”
Source: The Portable Dorothy Parker

“He who has never envied the vegetable has missed the human drama.”
Source: The Fall Into Time (1964), p. 178, first American edition (1970)

Address in Des Moines, Iowa (4 November 1910)
1910s