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> [The envious man thinks that if his neighbor breaks a leg, he will be able to walk better himself](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helmut-schoeck/the-envious-man-thinks-that-if-his-neighbor-breaks-a-leg-he-will-be/)

[Helmut Schoeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helmut-schoeck/)

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> [The more kindness shown to an envious man, the worse he becomes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helmut-schoeck/the-more-kindness-shown-to-an-envious-man-the-worse-he-becomes/)

[Helmut Schoeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helmut-schoeck/)

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## More by Helmut Schoeck

> [Christianity provided man for the first time with supernatural beings who, he knew, could neither envy nor ridicule him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helmut-schoeck/christianity-provided-man-for-the-first-time-with-supernatural-beings/)

[Helmut Schoeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helmut-schoeck/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helmut-schoeck/overwhelming-and-astounding-inequality-especially-when-it-has-an/)

[Helmut Schoeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helmut-schoeck/)

> [We envy those whose possessions or achievements are a reflection on our own. They are our neighbors and equals. It is they, above all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helmut-schoeck/we-envy-those-whose-possessions-or-achievements-are-a-reflection-on/)

[Helmut Schoeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helmut-schoeck/)

> [Man's envy is at its most intense where all are almost equal; his calls for redistribution are loudest when there is virtually nothing to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helmut-schoeck/man-s-envy-is-at-its-most-intense-where-all-are-almost-equal-his/)

[Helmut Schoeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helmut-schoeck/)

> [The envious man thinks that if his neighbor breaks a leg, he will be able to walk better himself](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helmut-schoeck/the-envious-man-thinks-that-if-his-neighbor-breaks-a-leg-he-will-be/)

[Helmut Schoeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helmut-schoeck/)

> [The more kindness shown to an envious man, the worse he becomes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helmut-schoeck/the-more-kindness-shown-to-an-envious-man-the-worse-he-becomes/)

[Helmut Schoeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helmut-schoeck/)

> [To claim "humanitarian motives" when the motive is envy and its supposed appeasement, is a favorite rhetorical device of politicians today, and has been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helmut-schoeck/to-claim-humanitarian-motives-when-the-motive-is-envy-and-its/)

[Helmut Schoeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helmut-schoeck/)

> [“The utopian desire for an egalitarian society cannot, however, have sprung from any other motive than that of an inability to come to terms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helmut-schoeck/the-utopian-desire-for-an-egalitarian-society-cannot-however-have/)

[Helmut Schoeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helmut-schoeck/)

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