You envy me? What a wretch you must be to feel diminished in your sense of self-worth by comparison to me! I have something you lack? Why isn't that compensated for by what you have that I lack? You feel bad that I have achieved something by my hard work? Don't you realize that you waste time and energy by comparing yourself to me, time and energy that could be used to improve your own lot?
Do you think you can add one cubit to your stature by tearing me down? Have you never heard The Parable of the Tree and the House?
You ought to feel bad, not that I do well, but that you are so willfully stupid. Vices vitiate; they weaken. You weaken yourself and make yourself even more of a wretch by indulging in envy.
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