My neighbour doesn't want to be loved as much as he wants t… - Irving Layton

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My neighbour
doesn't want to be loved
as much as
he wants to be envied.

Irving Layton

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Irving Layton, OC (March 12, 1912 – January 4, 2006), born as Israel Pincu Lazarovitch, was a Romanian-born Canadian poet.

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Alternative Names: Irving Peter Layton

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When you argue with your inferiors,
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when He saw the creature He had made
in His own image.

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My neighbour doesn't want to be loved as much as he wants to be envied. - Irving Layton

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