Envy is never general, but always very particular - at least envy of the kind one feels strongly. — Joseph Epstein Copy Share Image
When people unfortunately use religion to facilitate their envy, arrogance and hate, communalism surfaces. — Radhanath Swami Copy Share Image
That man, we may be sure, is a person of true worth, whom those who envy him most are yet forced to… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Achieve some perfection [excellence] yourself, so that you may not fall into sorrow by seeing the perfection in others. — Rumi Copy Share Image
Birds have wings; they're free; they can fly where they want when they want. They have the kind of mobility many people… — Roger Tory Peterson Copy Share Image
I have a learning disability when it comes to languages, I envy actors like Prakash Raj and my kids who do it… — Arvind Swami Copy Share Image
When you tell your friend who your crush is, and then they go and hookup with that person... — Jazmin Garcia Copy Share Image
Just for the record, I'm all that I can be, and I'll admit I'm appauled when you envy. — Nicki Minaj Copy Share Image
In particular, it is absurd to hope to banish envy of other people's possessions or fortunes, if only because the spirit of… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
We plant seeds that will flower as results in our lives, so best to remove the weeds of anger, avarice, envy and… — Dorothy Day Copy Share Image
I don't believe in God now. I can still work up an envy for someone who has a faith. I can see… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
Among true and real friends, all is common; and were ignorance and envy and superstition banished from the world, all mankind would… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
Our citizens and those who have gone before us charted the broad outlines of where we need to go, and they would… — Dave Freudenthal Copy Share Image
People are gonna talk about me, especially when they envy me. I might as well let them talk, because somehow I apparently… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Taste of metal on my tongue. Poison the color of envy- I'm delirious, you're delicious, I'm deluded and delusional. I'm lost without… — Cecily von Ziegesar Copy Share Image
In Britain, because I live here, I can also run into problems of envy and competition. But all this is just in… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
The idea of caring is that someone is making money faster [than you are] is one of the deadly sins. Envy is… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
Appearing better than others is always dangerous, but most dangerous of all is to appear to have no faults or weaknesses. It… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
“I am touched by her life, how it moves forward, pulses and springs. There is no fragmentation, nothing stunted or wedged. I… — Leila Aboulela Copy Share Image
'Envy the Night' was my first stand alone, the first book I'd written in the third person and I loved the feel… — Michael Koryta Copy Share Image
The fear of meeting the opposition of envy, or the illiberality of ignorance is, no doubt, the frequent cause of preventing many… — Robert Fulton Copy Share Image
“Pride,” he said. I frowned at them. “Come again.” “My name is Pride,” he said. His voice was a touch apologetic as… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
Knowledge forbidden? Suspicious, reasonless. Why should their Lord Envy them that? Can it be sin to know, Can it be death? And… — John Milton Copy Share Image
“When we were children, Bapi used to dress us up in the same clothes, going to Apsara for ‘Titanic’ or reruns of… — Kunal Sen Copy Share Image
FACT: HATERS don't really hate you. They hate THEMSELVES because YOU are the reflection of what they wished to be. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I suppose I envy painters because they can meditate on form and structure, on color and light, and not concern themselves with… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
The American middle class used to be envy of the world. It was a byproduct of economic freedom. We had a very… — Peter Schiff Copy Share Image
“You endure what is supposedly unbearable, and before you know it, you would have done the impossible by bearing the unbearable.” — Donovan Copy Share Image
the most comfortable characteristic of the period [1775-1825], and the one which incites our deepest envy, is the universal willingness to accept… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
Envy, if surrounded on all sides by the brightness of another's prosperity, like the scorpion confined within a circle of fire, will… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Quebecers are happy in Canada. We are benefiting economically and fiscally from belonging to Canada. We're proud of being Canadian. It's a… — Philippe Couillard Copy Share Image
Learn to cultivate beautiful and meaningful friendship - free of hatred, envy, grudges, jealousy and other hidden diseases of the heart. — Mufti Ismail Menk Copy Share Image
Nonetheless, do I have respect for people who believe in the hereafter? Of course I do. I might add, perhaps even a… — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
I envy because of the heart. I glutton because of the heart. I covet because of the heart. I am prideful because… — Tite Kubo Copy Share Image
Is someone trying to discourage you from a goal? Before you buy into their opinions, consider whether or not this person might… — Dyllan Copy Share Image
I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely idealizing envy - I don't disparage envy, but… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
“I'm not equipped to handle what she has, both good and bad and what she has is always a package deal of… — Lysa Terheurst Copy Share Image
Envy is more irreconcilable than hate. It is the most corroding of all political vices and also a great power in our… — Hans F. Sennholz Copy Share Image
I don't believe that there is a human creature in his senses, arrived to maturity, that at some time or other has… — Bernard de Mandeville Copy Share Image
Pity is for the living, envy is for the dead. Death, the refuge, the solace, the best and kindliest and most prized… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
![“Achieve some perfection [excellence] yourself, so that you may not fall into sorrow by seeing the perfection in others.” quote by Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/328/rumi-56_achieve_achieve-some-perfection-excellence-yours_1366995.jpg)
![“The idea of caring is that someone is making money faster [than you are] is one of the deadly sins. Envy is a really stupid sin because it’s the only one you could never possibly have any fun at. There’s a lot of pain and no fun. Why would you want to get on that trolley?” quote by Charlie Munger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cd/charlie-munger-458_caring_the-idea-of-caring-is-that-someone-is-ma_2899839.jpg)
![“the most comfortable characteristic of the period [1775-1825], and the one which incites our deepest envy, is the universal willingness to accept a good purpose as a substitute for good work.” quote by Agnes Repplier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7cc/agnes-repplier-1850_accepting_the-most-comfortable-characteristic-of-t_3189079.png)
