Famous Quotes & Sayings

Edward Young

O let me be undone the common way, And have the common comfort to be pity'd, And not be ruin'd in the mask of bliss, And so be envy'd, and be wretched too!

Edward Young

With fame, in just proportion, envy grows.

Bertrand Russell

Envy is the basis of democracy.

Bertrand Russell

Envy consists in seeing things never in themselves, but only in their relations. If you desire glory, you may envy Napoleon, but Napoleon envied Caesar, Caesar envied Alexander, and Alexander, I daresay, envied Hercules, who never existed.

Bertrand Russell

Envy was one of the most potent causes of unhappiness.

Benjamin Disraeli

Posterity will do justice to that unprincipled maniac Gladstone - extraordinary mixture of envy, vindictiveness, hypocrisy and superstition; and with one commanding characteristic - whether Prime Minister or Leader of the Opposition, whether preaching, praying, speechifying or scribbling - never a gentleman.

William Shakespeare

We are gentlemen that neither in our hearts nor outward eyes envy the great nor shall the low despise.

Gluttony, lust, greed, sloth, wrath, envy and pride.

There is no rest for the person who has envy, and there is no love for the person who has bad manners.

Doris Lessing

Envy has always hidden behind moral indignation.

Ada Leverson

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.

Aleksandar Hemon

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.

Amy Hempel

I probably have less revision than those who have that wonderful rush of story to tell - you know, I can't wait to tell you what happened the other day. It comes tumbling out and maybe then they go back and refine. I kind of envy that way of working, but I just have never done it.

Ambrose Bierce

RICH, adj. Holding in trust and subject to an accounting the property of the indolent, the incompetent, the unthrifty, the envious and the luckless.

Ambrose Bierce

ILLUSTRIOUS, adj. Suitably placed for the shafts of malice, envy and detraction.

Ambrose Bierce

ENVY, n. Emulation adapted to the meanest capacity.

Debbie Macomber

If the grass is greener on the other side of the fence, you can bet the water bill is higher.

Alexander McCall Smith

Antonia was very conscious of the corrosive power of envy and felt that it was this emotion, more than any other, which lay behind human unhappiness. People did not realize how widespread envy was.

Alexander Pope

Genius involves both envy and calumny.

Alexander Pope

Envy, to which th' ignoble mind's a slave, Is emulation in the learn'd or brave.

Alexander Pope

Envy will merit, as its shade, pursue

Alexander Pope

Envy will merit as its shade pursue, But like a shadow, proves the substance true.

Mark Twain

Pity is for living, envy is for dead.

William Shenstone

Jealousy is the fear or apprehension of superiority: envy our uneasiness under it

Jacob Tamme

I envy the perseverance of everybody in this school. And I know how much they must look up to Terry.

John Glenn

I envy Neil for that wonderful, wonderful experience.

Betty Dodson

The first thing the male establishment wants to control is uterus and birth. You might call it womb envy. But even worse is the fact we are still using the male model of sexual response for women.

Billy Graham

Envy and greed starve on a steady diet of thanksgiving.

Michael McDonald

We wanted to plan a celebration that would be the envy of Dubuque.

Brad Meltzer

Envy: Which senator once had a dimmer switch in their secret hideaway?

John Glenn

I've been lucky enough to have a lot of opportunities in my own life, so I'm not usually given over to much envy of other people. But for Neil, I make a big exception.

The gifts given to us by God must not be relinquished to those who speak ill of them and who are moved by envy or ignorance.

E. W. Howe

The most destructive criticism is indifference.