Madame Aubain's servant Felicite was the envy of the ladies of Pont-l'Eveque for half a century. — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
Envy not greatness: for thou mak'st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater. — George Herbert Copy Share Image
I envy thee not thy faith, which is ever in thy mouth but never in thy heart nor in thy practice — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is no rest for the person who has envy, and there is no love for the person who has bad manners. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Respect kindly all religions that teach loving kindness, and have no respect for envy and jealousy. Never follow hate. — Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo Copy Share Image
Surely no child, and few adults, have ever watched a bird in flight without envy. — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
Taste of metal on my tongue. Poison the color of envy- I'm delirious, you're delicious, I'm deluded and delusional. I'm lost without… — Cecily von Ziegesar Copy Share Image
People are gonna talk about me, especially when they envy me. I might as well let them talk, because somehow I apparently… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In Britain, because I live here, I can also run into problems of envy and competition. But all this is just in… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
I don't believe in God now. I can still work up an envy for someone who has a faith. I can see… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
We plant seeds that will flower as results in our lives, so best to remove the weeds of anger, avarice, envy and… — Dorothy Day Copy Share Image
Our citizens and those who have gone before us charted the broad outlines of where we need to go, and they would… — Dave Freudenthal Copy Share Image
Among true and real friends, all is common; and were ignorance and envy and superstition banished from the world, all mankind would… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
Envy, if surrounded on all sides by the brightness of another's prosperity, like the scorpion confined within a circle of fire, will… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
“The fascinated loathing which he (Jean Lorrain) cultivated for the decadence of fin de siecle Paris has a good deal of envy… — Francis Amery Copy Share Image
It is unethical not to know. It is unethical not to think. It is unethical not to love. It is unethical not… — Yasuhiko Kimura Copy Share Image
I've given parties that have made Indian rajahs green with envy. I've had prima donnas break $10,000 engagements to come to my… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Cast out envy; you can have all that you want, and you need not envy any man what he has. Above all… — Wallace D. Wattles Copy Share Image
Yet the people, and even the clergy, incapable of forming any rational judgment of the business of peace and war, presumed to… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
My hapless peers with their lofty dreams--how I envy and despise them! I'm with the others, the even more hapless, who have… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
Most of us can't help but live as though we've got two lives to live, one is the mockup, the other the… — André Aciman Copy Share Image
It is not the place, nor the condition, but the mind alone what it compares its situation to that can make anyone… — Roger L'Estrange Copy Share Image
It is sufficient for you that the one who envies you is distressed at the time of your joy. — Uthman ibn Affan Copy Share Image
Quebecers are happy in Canada. We are benefiting economically and fiscally from belonging to Canada. We're proud of being Canadian. It's a… — Philippe Couillard Copy Share Image
The American middle class used to be envy of the world. It was a byproduct of economic freedom. We had a very… — Peter Schiff Copy Share Image
I suppose I envy painters because they can meditate on form and structure, on color and light, and not concern themselves with… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
the most comfortable characteristic of the period [1775-1825], and the one which incites our deepest envy, is the universal willingness to accept… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
“You endure what is supposedly unbearable, and before you know it, you would have done the impossible by bearing the unbearable.” — Donovan Copy Share Image
Money matters but less than we think and not in the way that we think. Family is important. So are friends. Envy… — Eric Weiner Copy Share Image
Transfer windows are pretty much the living embodiment of the seven deadly sins. Sloth, gluttony, envy, greed, lust and pride are all… — Simon Jordan Copy Share Image
In particular, it is absurd to hope to banish envy of other people's possessions or fortunes, if only because the spirit of… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
My daughter takes pride in showing up with stuff that other kids envy or are freaked out by, so I send her… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
Anger, resentment, envy, and self-pity are wasteful reactions. They greatly drain one's time. They sap energy better devoted to productive endeavors. — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
“Envy is not a trait worth cultivating. Every successful life has an untold story. Instead, let passion drive you to succeed at… — Ojingiri Hannah Copy Share Image
“Poetry is jealous of you tonight, for as soon as I come to pen a few words, your perfume attacks me in… — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
So while our art cannot, as we wish it could, save us from wars, privation, envy, greed, old age, or death, it… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Don't be envious of people with the perfect life, try to sacrifice your time as individuals towards achieving the best life you… — Kemmy Nola Copy Share Image
Haters will never admit that they secretly desire all that you have and will never work hard to better themselves, they will… — Nathaniel Reyes Copy Share Image