The more kindness shown to an envious man, the worse he…

The envious man thinks that if his neighbor breaks a leg, he will be able to walk better himself

— Helmut Schoeck

The benevolent have the advantage of the envious, even in this present life; for the envious man is tormented not only by all the…

— Charles Caleb Colton

An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.

— Horace

An envious man waxeth lean with the fatness of his neighbors. Envy is the daughter of pride, the author of murder and revenge, the…

— Socrates

Wherever I find envy I take a pleasure in provoking it: I always praise before an envious man those who make him grow pale.

— Baron de Montesquieu

“It is the habit of the envious man to absolve himself of public wrongs with his own personal grievances.”

— Victor Hugo

The proud man hath no God; the envious man hath no neighbor; the angry man hath not himself.

— Joseph Hall

The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor.

— Horace

Overwhelming and astounding inequality,especially when it has an element of the unattainable, arouses far less envy than minimal inequality, which inevitably causes the envious…

— Helmut Schoeck

Have you had a kindness shown? Pass it on; 'Twas not given for thee alone, Pass it on; Let it travel down the years,…

— Henry Burton

“I never "toured" that courtyard again. We avoid places where we've endured pain, but the opposite is true, too. Extreme kindness can be repaid…

— Ludmilla Petrushevskaya

Love is sometimes shown in the things you don't say, don't keep track of and don't notice. The greatest kindness is often shown in…

— Neale Donald Walsch

If you oppress poor people, you insult the God who makes them; but kindness shown to the poor is an act of worship.

— Anonymous

Have you had a kindness shown? Pass it on.

— Henry Burton

The kindness that's been shown to me, by doctors as well as my family and my friends, it's really saved my life.

— Lady Gaga