Let your conversation be without malice or envy, for it is a sign of a tractable and commendable nature; and in all… — George Washington Copy Share Image
To claim "humanitarian motives" when the motive is envy and its supposed appeasement, is a favorite rhetorical device of politicians today, and… — Helmut Schoeck Copy Share Image
“I don't envy "busy." Busy means having a schedule, not living life. What I really covet is leisure and peace of mind.… — Donna Lynn Hope Copy Share Image
O let me be undone the common way, And have the common comfort to be pity'd, And not be ruin'd in the… — Edward Young Copy Share Image
I envy my dad and his faith. I envy all people who have someone to beseech, who know where they're going, who… — Kelly Corrigan Copy Share Image
Envy and jealousy are very harmful because you are never ever satisfied with what you have and you never reflect on what… — Tsem Tulku Copy Share Image
I used to envy people who had written books, the way I think women envy other women who've had babies. I was… — Joan Juliet Buck Copy Share Image
Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficultyI have never in my life envied… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“For this equality belongs to the post-Renaissance world of ideology-of political magic and the alchemical science” of politics. Envy is the basis… — M.E. Bradford Copy Share Image
Consumerism is, quite precisely, the consuming of life by the things consumed. It is living in a manner that is measured by… — Richard John Neuhaus Copy Share Image
Greed, envy, sloth, pride and gluttony: these are not vices anymore. No, these are marketing tools. Lust is our way of life.… — Jon Foreman Copy Share Image
An envious man waxeth lean with the fatness of his neighbors. Envy is the daughter of pride, the author of murder and… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Politicians learned hundreds of years ago that people who had little material wealth were incredibly jealous of those who had more than… — Neal Boortz Copy Share Image
All I desire is, that my poverty may not be a burden to myself, or make me so to others; and that… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
There are people who have never been taught anything, and know everything, have never been anywhere, and understand everything, have never given… — Sholom Aleichem Copy Share Image
I'm at a point now where I crave healthy musical environments, where there is a genuine exchange of ideas without repressed envy… — Mike Patton Copy Share Image
Jealousy is one of the most childish and crude feelings that a person can feel. It's an emotion resulting from the fear… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Emulation looks out for merits, that she may exalt herself by a victory; envy spies out blemishes that she may lower another… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
People are often vain of their passions, even of the worst, but envy is a passion so timid and shame-faced that no… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
You’re not pathetic. Actually, I envy you a little.” “Because I’m a mess?” Zach asked dryly. “No. Because you’re not afraid to… — Julie James Copy Share Image
The spectator-buyer is meant to envy herself as she will become if she buys the product. She is meant to imagine herself… — John Berger Copy Share Image
I gotta tell you, I do not envy whoever they try to put in David Letterman's chair. Folks those are some huge… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
There is no need to be jealous of others. What's for you and what they have wouldn't fit you anyway. Be thankful… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Grief and disappointment give rise to anger, anger to envy, envy to malice, and malice to grief again, till the whole circle… — David Hume Copy Share Image
When Democrats aren't being fiscally reckless, they are economically irresponsible. Democrats bemoan corporate greed and have not a positive word to say… — Max Boot Copy Share Image
“There is nothing by which a man exasperates most people more, than displaying a superior ability of briliancy in conversation. They seem… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“He looked at the people walking about and envied them because they had friends; sometimes his envy turned to hatred because they… — William Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
The building of America has had its fair share of mistakes, but it's a constitution that's the jewel of democracy, the envy… — Gary Oldman Copy Share Image
The first thing the male establishment wants to control is uterus and birth. You might call it womb envy. But even worse… — Betty Dodson Copy Share Image
For years I looked at the Iranians with envy - not at the outcome of their 1979 revolution, but because it was… — Mona Eltahawy Copy Share Image
You know, writing is really difficult, and it takes a real patience and a skill. I don't know if I have that.… — Adam Scott Copy Share Image
Do not underestimate what you specific conventional, nor covetousness others. He who envies others does not terra firma organization of intellect. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“RELATIVITY HELPS US make decisions in life. But it can also make us downright miserable. Why? Because jealousy and envy spring from… — Dan Ariely Copy Share Image
Deign on the passing world to turn thine eyes, And pause a while from learning to be wise. There mark what ills… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“I might have been different, I might have been as good as you - wiser - almost stainless. I envy your peace… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
I was different unique and always happy. At school this attracted playground harassment. Nowadays, while I remain effervescent, quicker to perceive enmity… — Clarence Day Copy Share Image
“If an American worker saw you driving a Cadillac, he worked to. earn enough to buy one for himself; the English worker,… — Elizabeth Powers Copy Share Image
O frost bitten blossoms, That are unfolding your wings From out the envious black branches. Bloom quickly and make much of the… — William Carlos Williams Copy Share Image
I envy no quality of the mind or intellect in others; not genius, power, wit, nor fancy; but, if I could choose… — Humphry Davy Copy Share Image
They will envy you for your success, your wealth, for your intelligence, for your looks, for your status - but rarely for… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
