Jealousy is in a manner just and reasonable, as it tends to preserve a good which belongs, or which we believe belongs… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Don't Be Like People Who Never Seem Happy With What they Have And Always Think That Other People Have A Better Situation… — Pacifiersucker Copy Share Image
There are many things in life more worthwhile than money. One is to be brought up in this our England which is… — Alfred Denning, Baron Denning Copy Share Image
The only thing I envy about a cat is its purr," remarked Dr. Blythe once, listening to Doc's resonant melody. "It is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
O thou who art able to write a book which once in the two centuries or oftener there is a man gifted… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
“In fact, there was a sort of satisfaction and pride in knowing that Kiki was his. Other men could look, they could… — Genevieve Dewey Copy Share Image
“The only people I truly envy are those who can play a musical instrument and those who can eat anything they want… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The time for boring ethical discussions around disability is over. It's only through feelings of admiration, aspiration, curiosity and envy that we… — Viktoria Modesta Copy Share Image
We wish to learn all the curious, outlandish ways of all the different countries, so that we can "show off" and astonish… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Be wary of friends—they will betray you more quickly, for they are easily aroused to envy. They also become spoiled and tyrannical.… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
We are becoming so fickle and self involved. Always looking for the next best thing - especially when it comes to people.… — Whitney Wolfe Herd Copy Share Image
“Let us not believe that an external fast from visible food alone can possibly be sufficient for perfection of heart and purity… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
“You speak as if you envied him." "And I do envy him, Emma. In one respect he is the object of my… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
The generation that followed did not have the same concerns; none of its members attempted to follow the example of the past… — Cheikh Anta Diop Copy Share Image
Another editor. That thing behind his ear is his pencil. Whenever he finds a bright thing in your manuscript he strikes it… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
There is a story of some mountains of salt in Cumana, which never diminished, though carried away in much abundance by merchants;… — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
These are the Seven Deadly Sins: Avarice, Envy, Pride, Gluttony, Lust, Anger, Sloth. These are the seven deadly sins: venality, paranoia, insecurity,… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
The past is a distraction, a source of envy, enmity, bitterness. Only the present matters, for only in the present can we… — Stephen Baxter Copy Share Image
Don't envy your friends for having a jealous partner; reach out to them and let them know that they don't deserved to… — Bernadeth Ryan Copy Share Image
Your body is woven from the light of heaven. Are you aware that its purity and swiftness is the envy of angels… — Rumi Copy Share Image
I am itching to criticize some well-regarded writers' works, but I am not doing it because I am perfectly aware that my… — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image
Our democracy must be not only the envy of the world but the engine of our own renewal. There is nothing wrong… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
Envy hurt exponentially more than heartbreak because your soul was torn in two, half soaring with happiness for another person, half mired… — Diana Peterfreund Copy Share Image
Bryan Adams might not be what I want to put on, but he's a pop singer with a great voice and great… — Alex Lifeson Copy Share Image
Theorems often tell us complex truths about the simple things, but only rarely tell us simple truths about the complex ones. To… — Marvin Minsky Copy Share Image
Unsuccessful emulation is too apt to sink into envy, which of all sins has not even the excuse to offer of temporary… — Sydney Thompson Dobell Copy Share Image
In reading Ameen Rihani... I seem to have become absorbed to the point of forgetting my prejudice... and my envy of Mr.… — William Seabrook Copy Share Image
People lie, things change, boyfriends cheat, friends ditch and there are always going to be those people who would kill to see… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Who would have thought you had so many supporters?" she whispered. "Not mine, my love. Yours. I had not a one till… — Michele Sinclair Copy Share Image
“The only envy (it's rather a self-reproach) I consciously exhibit, is when I read something absolutely brilliant - and I think to… — Stafford Samuel Lakay Copy Share Image
Righteousness is a fuel that, when it has some pitch in it of ambitious rivalry and the damper's left open to envy's… — Ardyth Kennelly Copy Share Image
Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
I envy the poet. He is encouraged toward drunkenness and wallows with nubile wenches while the painter must endure wretchedness and pain… — Rembrandt Copy Share Image
“Anger is honest. Hatred is a backhanded compliment. Envy is the best gift of all. But let them turn you into a… — Elena Dunkle Copy Share Image
Had the crow only fed without cawing she would have had more to eat, and much less of strife and envy to… — Horace Copy Share Image
The Rays are kind of the envy of the industry based on so many good arms with so much good stuff and… — Joe Maddon Copy Share Image
“O Hathor,” Cleo began, “why bless me with an abundance of gorgeousness and then deprive me of people to envy it? Especially… — lisi harrison Copy Share Image
With colleagues in the work environment, we fail to see the source of their envy or the reason for their manipulations; our… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
With boys I climbed trees, ran races, and wrestled. I had no complexes of envy or inferiority toward boys. At the same… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
For envy, like lightning, generally strikes at the top Or any point which sticks out from the ordinary level. LUCRETIUS, De Rerum… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image