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envy wish way
There is a natural limit to the success we wish our friends, even when we have spurred them on their way. Agnes Repplier
envy purpose good-work
the most comfortable characteristic of the period [1775-1825], and the one which incites our deepest envy, is the universal willingness to accept a good purpose as a substitute for good work.
envy design lucky
To diminish envy, let us consider not what others possess, but what they enjoy; mere riches may be the gift of lucky accident or blind chance, but happiness must be the result of prudent preference and rational design; the highest happiness then can have no other foundation than the deepest wisdom; and the happiest fool is only as happy as he knows how to be. Charles Caleb Colton
envy praise envious
The praise of the envious is far less creditable than their censure; they praise only that which they can surpass, but that which surpasses them they censure.
envy reason instinct
If sensuality be our only happiness we ought to envy the brutes, for instinct is a surer, shorter, safer guide to such happiness than reason.
envy victory spy
Emulation looks out for merits, that she may exalt herself by a victory; envy spies out blemishes that she may lower another by defeat.
envy mediocre
Envy is the religion of the mediocre Carlos Ruiz Zafon
envy virtue envious
No woman is envious of another's virtue who is conscious of her own. Charlotte Lennox
envy people may
A life which goes excessively against natural impulse is... likely to involve effects of strain that may be quite as bad as indulgence in forbidden impulses would have been. People who live a life which is unnatural beyond a point are likely to be filled with envy, malice and uncharitableness. Bertrand Russell
resentment unconscious
More and more, unsolicited gifts from without are likely to be received with unconscious resentment. Edward Sapir
resentment mainstream
There was a time I had resentment against everything mainstream. Anurag Kashyap
resentment justified worst
The worst resentment that anybody can have is one you feel justified to keep. Louis Gossett, Jr.
resentment get-up difficult
It is very difficult to get up resentment towards persons whom one has never seen. John Henry Newman
resentment forgotten sometimes
It is often more necessary to conceal contempt than resentment; the former is never forgiven, but the later is sometimes forgotten. Lord Chesterfield
resentment deny resentful
If I deny myself something, I just get resentful, so what's the point? Vanessa Marcil
resentment justified
There are no justified resentments. Wayne Dyer
whim murderer
Truly, whoever we are, wherever we reside, we exist upon the whim of murderers. Alan Moore
whim pursuit irrational
Neither life nor happiness can be achieved by the pursuit of irrational whims. Ayn Rand
whim employers employee
Domestic employees are at the whim of their employers. Ai-jen Poo
whim importance
It had been a whim, and there was nothing Magnus attached more importance to than a whim. Cassandra Clare
whim wit
Wit: a whim followed by a wham. Mason Cooley
whimsical pleasure whim
The pleasure of gratifying whim is very great. It is known only by those who are whimsical. James Boswell
whimsical temper
The caprice of our temper is even more whimsical than that of Fortune. Francois de La Rochefoucauld