Quotes about envy
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 violence wealth
Since the primitive times, the wealth of the popes was exposed to envy, their powers to opposition, and their persons to violence. Edward Gibbon
envy secret excellence
it is more to my personal happiness and advantage to indulge the love and admiration of excellence, than to cherish a secret envy of it. Elizabeth Montagu
envy long together
Poets may boast (as safely-vain) Their work shall with the world remain: Both bound together, live, or die, The verses and the prophecy. But who can hope his lines shou'd long Last, in a daily changing tongue? While they are new, envy prevails, And as that dies, our language fails. Edmund Waller
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
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 virtue envious
No woman is envious of another's virtue who is conscious of her own. Charlotte Lennox
envy taxation resentment
Even if you assume that the whole economy would work better had we never had double taxation, having the envy and resentment of the richest paying low or no taxes screams of injustice. You have to have a fair system. Charlie Munger
envy greed world
It’s not greed that drives the world, but envy.
envy mind may
They will have time enough, in those endless aeons, to attempt all things, and to gather all knowledge no Gods imagined by our minds have ever possessed the powers they will command But for all that, they may envy us, basking in the bright afterglow of Creation; for we knew the Universe when it was young. Arthur C. Clarke
envy sin deadly-sins
Envy is a deadly sin! Alexandra Adornetto
envy long funeral
... the introduction of the doctrine of polygamy was the first time in my life that I desired the grave, and I could hardly get over it for a long time. And when I saw a funeral, I felt to envy the corpse its situation. Brigham Young
envy poet reason
I defer to all these other American poets who, for some reason, I both envy and admire. Charles Olson
envy political causes
Envy is the cause of political division. Democritus
envy way best-way
The best way to avoid envy is to deserve the success you get. Aristotle
envy manners persons
There is no rest for the person who has envy, and there is no love for the person who has bad manners.
envy jam playing quite singing trying wonderful
I was always trying to do architectural jam sessions. But it's not quite as easy as singing or playing a guitar, so I would always see wonderful live musicians and just envy them that I wasn't in that medium. Catherine Hardwicke
envy merit recognition
envy, as a rule, is of success rather than of merit. No one would have objected to his talent deserving recognition - only to his getting it. Ada Leverson
envy criticize wells
I am itching to criticize some well-regarded writers' works, but I am not doing it because I am perfectly aware that my critique could easily be reduced to envy or just plain meanness. Aleksandar Hemon
envy people achievement
There's only few people who have strength to honor someone's achievement without envy. Aeschylus
envy literature admiration
He who goes unenvied shall not be admired.
envy everybody perseverance
I envy the perseverance of everybody in this school. And I know how much they must look up to Terry. Jacob Tamme
envy neil wonderful
I envy Neil for that wonderful, wonderful experience. John Glenn
envy falling happen
I have a spasm of envy for the person that was killed by a falling bookcase, as long as it doesn't happen prematurely. Tom Stoppard
envy greed sleeves
Greed is envy with its sleeves rolled up. George Will
envy incredibly job tricky
I don't envy the FCC's job here. This is an incredibly tricky decision.
envy trying next
We should keep a careful diary of our moments of envy: they are our covert guides to what we should try to do next. Alain de Botton
envy people generosity
The company of certain people may excite our generosity and sensitivity, while that of others awakens our competitiveness and envy.