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Classical antiquity4 quotes
For few there are among men in whom it is inborn to admire without envy a friend's good fortune. — Aeschylus · 458 BCThe covetous man is ever in want. — Horace · 20 BCHow comes it, Maecenas, that no man living is content with the lot that either his choice has given him, or chance has thrown in his way, but each has praise for those who follow other paths? — Horace · 35 BCEverything that is hard to attain is easily assailed by the generality of men. — Ptolemy · 168Age of Enlightenment1 quote
Pride still is aiming at the bless'd abodes,
Men would be angels, angels would be gods. — Alexander Pope · 1733Old Testament Era1 quote
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor's. — God · 1405 BC