All envy is proportionate to desire; we are uneasy at the attainments of another, according as we think our own happiness would… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
A man's tailored jacket is like a compartmentalized storage unit with sleeves. Women eye those pockets with envy while searching for a… — Christina Binkley Copy Share Image
Success makes so many people hate you. I wish it wasn't that way. It would be wonderful to enjoy success without seeing… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
One of the reasons I write about religion is due to my own envy of people who truly feel the presence of… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
If at times my eyes are lenses through which the brain explores constellations of feeling my ears yielding like swinging doors admit… — Gavin Douglas Copy Share Image
We had rather do anything than acknowledge the merit of another if we can help it. We cannot bear a superior or… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
“It is only if the primary or only reason you do what you do is to make money that you will envy… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
The wine-shops breed, in physical atmosphere of malaria and a moral pestilence of envy and vengeance, the men of crime and revolution. — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
See how the world (whose chaste and pregnant womb Of late conceiv'd, and brought forth nothing ill) Is now degenerated, and become… — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
But there are times when a tree can no longer withstand the pain inflicted on it, and the wind will take pity… — Julius Lester Copy Share Image
Weakness for wealth and for collecting and owning things of different kinds; the urge for physical (sensuous) enjoyment; the longing for honour,… — Tito Colliander Copy Share Image
There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide;… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
What was beauty unless you intended to use it, like a hammer, or a key? It was just something for other people… — Janet Fitch Copy Share Image
“I grit my teeth against the little stab of jealousy I feel. What the hell’s that all about? Anyone will tell you… — M. Leighton Copy Share Image
The source of sexual power is curiosity, passion. You are watching its little flame die of asphyxiation. Sex does not thrive on… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
Can the real Constitution be restored? Probably not. Too many Americans depend on government money under programs the Constitution doesn't authorize, and… — Joseph Sobran Copy Share Image
Now seen...now gone, The butterfly flits in and out Through fence-hung flowers; But a life lived so close to them I envy...though… — Saigyō Copy Share Image
There is much less envy of the rich by the poor than there is of the happy by the unhappy; by those… — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
“When I woke in the dark I was smiling - it's a happy thing to brace for a visit from old friend… — Leif Enger Copy Share Image
When the new light which we beg for shines in upon us, there be [those] who envy and oppose, if it come… — John Milton Copy Share Image
The only difference between man and man all the world over is one of degree, and not of kind, even as there… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Have you ever taken a sober look at any of the mutants who run these Hollywood-gossip sites? What a crew! None of… — Jim Goad Copy Share Image
I go about looking at horses and cattle. They eat grass, make love, work when they have to, bear their young. I… — Sherwood Anderson Copy Share Image
But if you look at Victoria's Secret models, honestly, young girls don't necessarily look up to them for the healthiest reasons. It's… — Carmen Carrera Copy Share Image
... the introduction of the doctrine of polygamy was the first time in my life that I desired the grave, and I… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
“People view celebrities from a place of envy and inferiority. Instead of being personally inspired by their great artistry they see them… — Willa Shalit Copy Share Image
It's an odd feeling-farewell-there is some envy in it. Men go off to be tested for courage and if we're tested at… — Isak Dinesen Copy Share Image
Virtues are formed by prayer. Prayer preserves temperance. Prayer suppresses anger. Prayer prevents emotions of pride and envy. Prayer draws into the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“For envy makes no claim whatsoever about the moral superiority of the envier, or about the “goodness” of his or her state… — Sianne Ngai Copy Share Image
Its funny when the one you love hurts you and expect for you to go crazy and be miserable... But in the… — Veronica Rara Lorenzo Copy Share Image
We are told to walk noiselessly through the world, that we may waken neither hatred, nor envy; but, alas! what can we… — Jean Antoine Petit-Senn Copy Share Image
One of the deadliest poisons a person can consume in their lifetime is the poison of jealousy. Jealousy opens flood gate of… — Anil Sinha Copy Share Image
As an introvert, you can be your own best friend or your worst enemy. The good news is we generally like our… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
Sadly for my wedding plans, I learned that Nestor is a bardash. I envy the men who enjoy his favors. He has… — Tamora Pierce Copy Share Image
People seldom know the sacrifices you made to get where you are, yet they criticize you and envy you, instead of trying… — Rashida Rowe Copy Share Image
Resentment and gratitude cannot coexist, since resentment blocks the perception and experience of life as a gift. My resentment tells me that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A lot of people live with no apparent means of support. I kind of envy the musicians up there. You're down here,… — Kurt Voss Copy Share Image
In Quebec, our goal isn't to reduce daycare service - a program the entire world envies - but to make it viable… — Philippe Couillard Copy Share Image
Satan has parted fathers and mothers. Filling their hearts with his envy and hate. Aiding their pathway down to destruction, leaving their… — Charlie Louvin Copy Share Image
If envy was not such a tearing thing to feel it would be the most comic of sins. It is usually, if… — Monica Furlong Copy Share Image
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