The maxim that men are not to be praised before their death was invented by envy and too lightly adopted by philosophers. — Luc de Clapiers Copy Share Image
Envy no man... His trousers may look good, but his boxers might be full of holes... — MO'zee Copy Share Image
The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to a bad end. — Max Beerbohm Copy Share Image
If people talk about you behind your back, obviously you're steps ahead of them :] — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Riches do not exhilarate us so much with their possession as they torment us with their loss. — Epicurus Copy Share Image
When we think of cruelty, we must try to remember the stupidity, the envy, the frustration from which it has arisen. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A man comes to measure his greatness by the regrets, envies and hatreds of his competitors. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
In any court-like environment of power, you will inevitably find people who are drawn to those who are successful or powerful, not… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
If envy is red and doubt is black then happiness is brown. I looked from the little brown stone to the tiny… — Annabel Pitcher Copy Share Image
A modest person seldom fails to gain the goodwill of those he converses with, because nobody envies a man who does not… — Richard Steele Copy Share Image
I envy those Hindus and Buddhists who have in their religion philosophy and ancestor worship which build in the believer a continuity… — F. Sionil Jose Copy Share Image
Envy, like the worm, never runs but to the fairest fruit; like a cunning bloodhound, it singles out the fattest deer in… — Francis Beaumont Copy Share Image
I sometimes think that I think too much. Sometimes I envy the ignorant. I envy people who can just turn it off… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
A pathetic shadow, torn between her envy and thrill of being seen with Masomma, sharing in the attention as a weed would,… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
Envy makes people lonely, and brings them great suffering. It is horrible stuff to have in our flesh, and it is a… — Esther Smith Copy Share Image
Right now, make a list of what you admire about yourself- don't stop until you've filled a page. Sit and relish each… — Phil McGraw Copy Share Image
This was the noblest Roman of them all. All the conspirators, save only he,Did that they did in envy of Caesar;He only,… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
It is certain that many intellectuals envy the higher income of prosperous businessmen and that these feelings drive them toward socialism. They… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
“Unlock joy in any situation! True understanding and mutual respect do not bridge blames, destructive, negative criticisms, false excuses and gossips. To… — Angelica Hopes Copy Share Image
The way the left is reacting to the death of Fidel Castro up against the incontrovertible facts of who he was, you… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
I guess, when I go there in the centre, when I do my rehabilitation, I look at the people with only one… — Alex Zanardi Copy Share Image
No, I most certainly do not think advertising people are wonderful. I think they are horrible, and the worst menace to mankind,… — Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Copy Share Image
How beautifully is it ordered, that as many thousands work for one, so must every individual bring his labor to make the… — George Augustus Henry Sala Copy Share Image
What a day it is when we must envy the men in their graves. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Possibly, more people kill themselves and others out of hurt vanity than out of envy, jealousy, malice or desire for revenge. — Iris Murdoch Copy Share Image