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Jealous, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping.


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CHARLESTINE FAIRLEY Be like the sun and meadow, which are not in the least concerned about the coming winter.
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ASHWIN SANGHI MINE, adj. Belonging to me if I can hold or seize it.
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OLIVER STONE The real measure of your wealth is how much you'd be worth if you lost all your money.
ANON. The real measure of your wealth is how much you'd be worth if you lost all your money.
UNKNOWN The real measure of our wealth is how much we'd be worth if we lost all our money.
BENJAMIN JOWETT The real measure of your wealth is how much you'd be worth if you lost all your money.
ANONYMOUS Don't be concerned others not appreciating you. Be concerned about your not appreciating others.
CONFUCIUS When going on the journey of life we should always put caution to the wind and have strength in ever...
GARY F EVANS... To have the strength to go and fulfil your hopes and dreams is an aim worth your while indeed, but i...
GARY F EVANS... As a plaintiff's lawyer, I had always been jealous of the money that defense attorneys got from insu...
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ERIC HOFFER You want to talk about a matter of inches. No one was more distraught than Ambrose after that game.
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HENRI POINCARE If nature were not beautiful, it would not be worth knowing, and if nature were not worth knowing, l...
HENRI POINCARE The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are not worth preserving
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AMBROSE BIERCE Compromise, n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction ...
AMBROSE BIERCE The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up.
AMBROSE BIERCE TELEPHONE n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeab...
AMBROSE BIERCE Egotist, n. A person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me.
AMBROSE BIERCE Positive, adj.: Mistaken at the top of one's voice.
AMBROSE BIERCE Beauty, n: the power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband.
AMBROSE BIERCE Sweater, n. Garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.
AMBROSE BIERCE Sabbath - a weekly festival having its origin in the fact that God made the world in six days and wa...
AMBROSE BIERCE The small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify we give the name of knowledge.
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