Quotes about envy
envy competition ancient
The praise of ancient authors proceeds not from the reverence of the dead, but from the competition and mutual envy of the living. Thomas Hobbes
envy way omar
In a lot of ways, I envy someone like Omar Sharif who lived in a hotel for decades. Viggo Mortensen
envy desire ugly
Jealousy is an ugly emotion, but it tells the truth. You mostly envy those who have what you desire. Susan Cain
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 pay distinction
Envy is the tax which all distinction must pay. Ralph Waldo Emerson
envy
Don't envy someone else's gift. Discover your own. Tavis Smiley
envy design democracy
Our Constitution is the envy of the world, as it should be for it is the grand design of the finest nation on earth. Thurgood Marshall
envy hatred forever
Hatred also is short lived; but that which makes the splendor of the present and the glory of the future remains forever unforgotten here we bless your simplicity but do not envy your folly. Thucydides
envy waste needs
Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need. Regina Brett
envy attention occupation
Beg of God the removal of envy, that God may deliver you from externals, and bestow upon you an inward occupation, which will absorb you so that your attention is not drawn away. Rumi
envy height giants
I do have height envy. I'm 5'1 and my sisters are giants so I do have height envy. Toni Braxton
envy people envious
Envy is everywhere. Who is without envy? And most people Are unaware or unashamed of being envious. T. S. Eliot
envy people attention
I envy paranoids; they actually feel people are paying attention to them. Susan Sontag
envy may sin
In recompense, envy may be the subtlest - perhaps I should say the most insidious - of the seven deadly sins. Joseph Epstein
envy kind feels
Envy is never general, but always very particular - at least envy of the kind one feels strongly.
envy greed taxation
The greed and envy of the nonproducer is insatiable, so that eventually nothing short of 100% taxation will appease him. Robert Ringer
envy morality speak
Those who speak against the great do not usually speak from morality, but from envy. Walter Savage Landor
envy bliss fractions
Is it not clear, however, that bliss and envy are the numerator and denominator of the fraction called happiness? Yevgeny Zamyatin
envy people reason
There is nothing more universally commended than a fine day; the reason is that people can commend it without envy. William Shenstone
envy justice mind
Popularity disarms envy in well-disposed minds. Those are ever the most ready to do justice to others who feel that the world has done them justice. When success has not this effect in opening the mind, it is a sign that it has been ill deserved. William Hazlitt
envy soul
Envy is littleness of soul.
envy gossip people
People ask for criticism, but they only want praise. W. Somerset Maugham
envy sticks reason
The reason death sticks so closely to life isn’t biological necessity – it’s envy. Yann Martel
envy laughing stupidity
To our betters eve can reconcile ourselves, if you please--respecting them sincerely, laughing at their jokes, making allowance for their stupidities, meekly suffering their insolence; but we can't pardon our equals going beyond us. William Makepeace Thackeray
envy insult oneself
Envy is an insult to oneself. Yevgeny Yevtushenko