Teddy Roosevelt: “The vice of envy is not only a dangerous but also a mean vice, for it…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1900

The vice of envy is not only a dangerous but also a mean vice, for it is always a confession of inferiority.

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Republican · New York

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From his collection of essays, this quote defines envy as a dangerous and base vice that reveals a sense of inferiority.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “The vice of envy is not only a dangerous but also a mean vice, for it is always a confession of inferiority.”