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No humility awoke in her; she felt the stirring of envies, avidities, unavowable passions, and let them flourish unrebuked.

From In the Year of Jubilee by Gissing, George

Feel everything, tant que vous voudrez—but then soar superior and don't leave tatters of your precious person on every bush that happens to bristle with all the avidities and egotisms.

From The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II by James, Henry