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| Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916. |
| Antisthenes |
| Envious people are disarmed by their own dispositions, as iron by rust. | 1 |
| As rust corrupts iron, so envy corrupts man. | 2 |
| Envy, like merit, doth its shade pursue. | 3 |
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