Reverence for greatness dies out, and is succeeded by base envy of greatness. — Albert Pike Copy Share Image
Jealousy? I expect that but dont stress that. Making you envy me is what Im best at. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“For a moment he was filled with envy, revolt, and bitter jealousy. He asked himself why he was poor whilst others were… — Émile Zola Copy Share Image
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
is there not an Arabick Proverb which goes, 'No one throws Stones at a Barren Tree'? — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
“Egalitarian societies strangle the imagination without even satisfying envy.” — Nicolás Gómez Dávila Copy Share Image
Even if you assume that the whole economy would work better had we never had double taxation, having the envy and resentment… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
“Pen Is Envy, Aunt Lydia would say, quoting another Center motto, warning us away from such objects. And they were right, it… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Sometimes I envy emotionless people but then I remember that life is short and awesome and you should feel everything as much… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
the most censorious are generally the least judicious; who, having nothing to recommend themselves, will be finding fault with others. No man… — Ellin Devis Copy Share Image
“Every time someone in town wins a literary award, someone will protest — why him, not me, making a big Fuss? And… — Mouloud Benzadi Copy Share Image
Our faith in others betrays that we would rather have faith in ourselves. Our longing for a friend is our betrayer. And… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Let us not envy some men their accumulated riches; their burden would be too heavy for us; we could not sacrifice, as… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
I am prone to envy. It is one of my three default emotions, the others being greed and rage. I have also… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
“If you swim effortlessly in the deep oceans, ride the waves to and from the shore, if you can breathe under water… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
Everything is destroyed by its own particular vice: the destructive power resides within. Rust destroys iron, moths destroy clothes, the worm eats… — Menander Copy Share Image
“Are we not all one flesh? One mind? A sword brings power. Knowledge brings coin. With either, one can make blood reckoned,… — Chris Galford Copy Share Image
“Harvey and I sit in the bars... have a drink or two... play the juke box. And soon the faces of all… — Elwood P. Dowd Copy Share Image
Fancy has an extensive influence in morals. Some of the most powerful and dangerous feelings in nature, as those of ambition and… — William Benton Clulow Copy Share Image
“They envy your youth. You two are like exotic creatures from the land of the young.’ I’ve never understood all that these-are-the-best-years-of-your-life… — Leanne Hall Copy Share Image
It is possible that the malice of writers has been overrated (by myself among others). Reading their ruminations on their craft, one… — Wilfrid Sheed Copy Share Image
“I know what the majority of you think about all this. All this sex and money and drugs. You think: people who… — Glen Duncan Copy Share Image
“Millions upon millions will attain your ceremony, but don't think all of them are in a ceremonius mood.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
I envy the people who say, 'oh, well, I've got my name in the golden book and I'm going to be entered… — William Shatner 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
Envy no man... His trousers may look good, but his boxers might be full of holes... — MO'zee 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
“If we have little, and we want for little, and we are all equal, we envy no one.” — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
When you're famous you kind of run into human nature in a raw kind of way. It stirs up envy, fame does. — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
Where envy reigns virtue can't exist, and generosity doesn't go with meanness. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I hate when people in a commercial have more fun in 30 seconds than I will ever have in my whole life. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We see how much a man has, and therefore we envy him; did we see how little he enjoys, we should rather… — Jeremiah Seed Copy Share Image
I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely idealizing envy. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Copy Share Image
Our Constitution is the envy of the world, as it should be for it is the grand design of the finest nation… — Thurgood Marshall Copy Share Image
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