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better be envied than pitied

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  • better be envied than pitied — Cf. PINDAR Pythian Odes I. 163 κρέσσων γὰρ οἰκτιρμοῦ φθόνος, envy is stronger than pity; HERODOTUS Hist. iii. 52 φθονέεσθαι κρέσσον ἐστὶ ἢ οἰκτείρεσθαι, it is better to be envied than to be pitied; mid 15th cent. Fr. trop plus vaut estre envié… …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • better — see better a century of tyranny than one day of chaos better a dinner of herbs than a stalled ox where hate is better a good cow than a cow of a good kind better are small fish than an empty dish better be an old man’s darling, than a young man’s …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Thematic Index — absence absence makes the heart grow fonder he who is absent is always in the wrong the best of friends must part blue are the hills that are far away distance lends enchantment to the view out of sight, out of mind …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • лучше жить в зависти, чем в жалости — Ср. Besser beneidet, als beleidet. Better be envied, than pitied. Ср. Il vaut mieux faire envie que pitié. Ср. Miseratione melius invidia. Зависть лучше жалости. Ср. Qui invident, egent: illi quibus invidetur, rem habent. Plaut. Truculent. 4, 2.… …   Большой толково-фразеологический словарь Михельсона

  • Лучше жить в зависти, чем в жалости — Лучше жить въ зависти, чѣмъ въ жалости. Ср. Besser beneidet, als beleidet. Better be envied, than pitied. Ср. Il vaut mieux faire envie que pitié. Ср. Miseratione melius invidia. Пер. Зависть лучше жалости. Ср. Qui invident, egent: illi quibus… …   Большой толково-фразеологический словарь Михельсона (оригинальная орфография)

  • Beneiden — 1. Besser beneidet, als bemitleidet (beklagt). – Hollenberg, II, 29; Steiger, 79; Eiselein, 66; Gaal, 183. Wenn nämlich der Beneidete, was der Sinn des Sprichworts ist, glücklich und der Beklagte unglücklich ist. Dän.: Bedre at misundes for at… …   Deutsches Sprichwörter-Lexikon

  • envy — see better be envied than pitied …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • pity — see pity is akin to love better be envied than pitied …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • Notis Sfakianakis — Νότης Σφακιανάκης Notis Sfakianakis performing live. Background information Birth name Panagiotis Sfakianakis Born …   Wikipedia

  • pity — 01. The child felt [pity] for the mouse he had caught, and let it go. 02. Even though he killed someone, I can t help feeling [pity] for him, knowing that he was severely abused by his parents as a child. 03. It was a [pity] that we didn t take… …   Grammatical examples in English

  • The Idler (1758–1760) — This article is about the 18th century series of essays. For other publications called The Idler, see The Idler (disambiguation). The Idler was a series of 103 essays, all but twelve of them by Samuel Johnson, published in the London weekly the… …   Wikipedia

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