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Helmut Schoeck Quotes: Christianity provided man for the first time with supernatural beings who, he knew, could neither envy nor ridicule him.
         

Christianity provided man for the first time with supernatural beings who, he knew, could neither envy nor ridicule him.


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The envious man thinks that if his neighbor breaks a leg, he will be able to walk better himself

The envious man thinks that if his neighbor breaks a leg, he will be able to walk better himself



We envy those whose possessions or achievements are a reflection on our own. They are our neighbors and equals. It is they, above all who make plain the nature of our failure.

We envy those whose possessions or achievements are a reflection on our own. They are our neighbors and equals. It is they, above all who make plain the nature of our failure.



To claim "humanitarian motives" when the motive is envy and its supposed appeasement, is a favorite rhetorical device of politicians today, and has been for at least a hundred and fifty years.

To claim "humanitarian motives" when the motive is envy and its supposed appeasement, is a favorite rhetorical device of politicians today, and has been for at least a hundred and fifty years.



The more kindness shown to an envious man, the worse he becomes.

The more kindness shown to an envious man, the worse he becomes.



Man's envy is at its most intense where all are almost equal; his calls for redistribution are loudest when there is virtually nothing to redistribute.

Man's envy is at its most intense where all are almost equal; his calls for redistribution are loudest when there is virtually nothing to redistribute.





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