Envy iz sutch a constant companyun, that if we find no one abuv us to envy, we will envy thoze below us.
[Envy is such a constant companion, that if we find no one above us to envy, we will envy those below us.]
Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Everybody’s Friend, Or; Josh Billing’s Encyclopedia and Proverbial Philosophy of Wit and Humor, “Plum Pits” (1874)
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