It is usually the case with most men that their nature is so constituted that they pity those who fare badly and envy those who fare well.
Baruch SpinozaSo long as a man imagines that he cannot do this or that, so long as he is determined not to do it; and consequently so long as it is impossible to him that he should do it.
Baruch SpinozaMen who are ruled by reason desire nothing for themselves which they would not wish for all mankind.
Baruch Spinoza