Quotes about envy
envy human-nature humans
Envy is human nature. Monica Bellucci
envy secret moonlight
Envy nobody. It is the true secret of happiness, or at least the only one I know. (By Moonlight) Peter S. Beagle
envy good-things destruction
Envy has been, is, and shall be, the destruction of many. What is there, that Envy hath not defamed, or Malice left undefiled? Truly, no good thing. Pythagoras
envy challenges merit
Merit challenges envy. John Dryden
envy envious harm
The greatest harm that you can do unto the envious, is to do well. John Lyly
envy long care
Let others either envy or pity me; I care not, so long as I enjoy myself. Joseph Hall
envy twins rivalry
Rivalry and envy are Siamese twins. Josh Billings
envy emulation virtue
Emulation is active virtue; envy is brooding malice. Ouida
envy vices creeps
Envy, the meanest of vices, creeps on the ground like a serpent. Ovid
envy feds hard
Love that is fed by jealousy dies hard.
envy people anxiety
Exploiting people's emotions of fear, envy and anxiety is not hope, it's not change, it's partisanship. We don't need partisanship. We don't need demagoguery, we need solutions. Paul Ryan
envy doe fame
It stirs up envy, fame does. Marilyn Monroe
envy levels thunderbolts
The highest summits and those elevated above the level of other things are mostly blasted by envy as by a thunderbolt. Lucretius
envy judgment malevolence
The judgment of posterity is truer, because it is free from envy and malevolence. Marcus Tullius Cicero
envy gossip criticism
Pity is for the living, envy is for the dead. Mark Twain
envy sorrow siege
Wherever good fortune enters, envy lays siege to the place and attacks it; and when it departs, sorrow and repentance remain behind. Leonardo da Vinci
envy scare virtue
Envy wounds with false accusations, that is with detraction, a thing which scares virtue.
envy people compliment
I'm not confident around compliments or being celebrated, and I'm not comfortable with the thought of envy, which some people thrive on. Rachel Weisz
envy soul ulcers
Envy is the ulcer of the soul. Socrates
envy generosity reign
Where envy reigns virtue can't exist, and generosity doesn't go with meanness. Miguel de Cervantes
envy reign virtue
In short, virtue cannot live where envy reigns, nor liberality subsist with niggardliness.
envy may telescopes
Unlike what you may be told in other sectors of life, when observing the universe, size does matter, which often leads to polite ‘telescope envy’ at gatherings of amateur astronomers. Neil deGrasse Tyson
envy
The living will envy the dead. Nikita Khrushchev
envy vices virtue
When we envy another, we make their virtue our vice.
envy looks wealth
They will envy you for your success, your wealth, for your intelligence, for your looks, for your status - but rarely for your wisdom. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
envy spiteful wells
It is the nature of the unfortunate to be spiteful, and to envy those who are well to do. Plautus
envy house inward
The lightsome countenance of a friend giveth such an inward decking to the house where it lodgeth, as proudest palaces have cause to envy the gilding. Philip Sidney
envy coal hot
Envy's a coal comes hissing hot from Hell. Philip James Bailey
envy evil hatred
Communism is evil. Its driving forces are the deadly sins of envy and hatred. Peter Drucker
envy support each-day
I envy my Jewish friends the ritual of saying kaddish - a ritual that seems perfectly conceived, with its built-in support group and its ceremonious designation of time each day devoted to remembering the lost person. Meghan O'Rourke
envy temples glory
After Voltaire: envy is chained to the portico of the temple of glory and can neither enter nor leave. Mason Cooley
envy people may
People may show jealousy, but hide their envy.
envy evil arrogance
Envy is as evil a thing as arrogance. Theodore Roosevelt