Quotes about envy
envy rich doing-good
O! what a Godlike Power is that of doing Good! I envy the Rich and the Great for nothing else! Samuel Richardson
envy thank-god world
Do I envy Madonna's body? Yes. Do I thank God that she has it? Yes! If you're fifty-something and you look like Madonna, and you put a lifetime's work in the way you look, then flash it to the world! Salma Hayek
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 pay distinction
Envy is the tax which all distinction must pay. Ralph Waldo Emerson
envy want toil
There mark what ills the scholar's life assail, toil, envy, want, and patron. Samuel Johnson
envy humanity would-be
All envy would be extinguished, if it were universally known that there are none to be envied.
envy causes misery
There is no observation more frequently made by such as employ themselves in surveying the conduct of mankind, than that marriage, though the dictate of nature, and the institution of Providence, is yet very often the cause of misery, and that those who enter into that state can seldom forbear to express their repentance, and their envy of those whom either chance or caution hath withheld from it.
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
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 way omar
In a lot of ways, I envy someone like Omar Sharif who lived in a hotel for decades. Viggo Mortensen
envy dumb debt
Praise is a debt we owe unto the virtue of others, and due unto our own from all whom malice hath not made mutes, or envy struck dumb. Thomas Browne
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 way persons
It is very seldom that a person loves anyone they cannot in some way envy. Truman Capote
envy lust selfishness
The truth is that cupidity, selfishness, envy, malice, lust, vindictiveness, are constant vices of human nature. William Graham Sumner
envy common praise
The most common disguise of Envy is in praise of what is subordinate. Washington Allston
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