Envy, like the worm, never runs but to the fairest fruit…

Each tree Laden with fairest fruit, that hung to th' eye Tempting, stirr'd in me sudden appetite To pluck and eat.

— John Milton

Envy, like flame, blackens that which is above it, and which it cannot reach.

— Jean Antoine Petit-Senn

Envy, like fire, soars upward.

— Livy

For envy, like lightning, generally strikes at the top Or any point which sticks out from the ordinary level. LUCRETIUS, De Rerum Natura Our…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Envy is like a fly that passes all the body's sounder parts, and dwells upon the sores.

— Arthur Chapman

Envy, like the worm, is always attracted to the fairest apple

— Og Mandino

Envy, like a false mirror, distorts the symmetry of the sweetest form.

— Norm MacDonald

Envy like fire always makes for the highest points.

— Livy

“Hate and envy are like a bomb that cannot destroy anything without first destroying itself.”

— Magnus Nwagu Amudi

Envy, like flames, soars upwards.

— Livy

Envy, like a cold prison, benumbs and stupefies; and, conscious of its own impotence, folds its arms in despair.

— Jeremy Collier

Envy is like flame which scorches the wisdom of inner self. Envy reflects lack of belief in self. It will eat away your very…

— Anil Sinha

In a lot of ways, I envy someone like Omar Sharif who lived in a hotel for decades.

— Viggo Mortensen

When I'm working in finite serials, I always think in terms of the entire book rather than the individual episode because, by far, the…

— Warren Ellis

Valentine's Day: Rubbing singles' noses in their lack of a mate and the noses of couples in their lack of time.

— Emma McLaughlin