<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=416738" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Plain Sermons</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I saw a man--and envied him beside--<br>Because of this world's goods he had great store;<br>But even as I envied him, he died,<br>And left me envious of him no more.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I saw another man--and envied still--<br>Because he was content with frugal lot;<br>But as I envied him, the rich man's will<br>Bequeathed him all, and envy I forgot.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Yet still another man I saw, and he<br>I envied for a calm and tranquil mind<br>That nothing fretted in the least degree--<br>Until, alas! I found that he was blind.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">What vanity is envy! for I find<br>I have been rich in dross of thought, and poor <br>In that I was a fool, and lastly blind<br>For never having seen myself before!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=James+Whitcomb+Riley">James Whitcomb Riley</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=416738" data-title="Plain Sermons de James Whitcomb Riley" data-description="I saw a man--and envied him beside-- Because of this world's goods he had great store; But even as I envied him, he died, And left me envious of him no more. I saw another man--and envied still-- Because he was content with frugal lot; But as I e..."></div> </div> </div>

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