“Never elated while one man’s oppress’d Never dejected while another’s bless’d.”— Alexander Pope Related Quotes “Cats no less liquid than their shadows Offer no angles to the wind. They slip diminished Neat through loopholes Less than themselves.”— A. S. J. Tessimond “Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly.”— Francis Bacon “The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.”— Jimmy Johnson