"The bad disposition of dishonorable people need not grieve us. Evil is never wished to those who are despised, but usually to those who have the right to despise. Men are not envious only of riches, and not only of nobility: and he that is full of virtue has his share of envious people.
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Denis Ivanovici FonvizinAll Translations
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The bad disposition of dishonorable people need not grieve us. Evil is never wished to those who are despised, but usually to those who have the right to despise. Men are not envious only of riches, and not only of nobility: and he that is full of virtue has his share of envious people.
""Dispoziția proastă a oamenilor nedemni de cinste nu trebuie să ne mâhnească. Niciodată răul nu este dorit acelora care sunt disprețuiți ci, de obicei, acelora care au dreptul să disprețuiască. Oameni nu sunt invidioși numai pe bogăție, și nu numai pe noblețe: și cel plin de virtute își are partea ei de invidioși."