We are all the judges and the judged, victims of the casual malice and fantasy of others, and ready sources of fantasy… — Iris Murdoch Copy Share Image
People respect unhappiness and find it especially hard to forgive success. — Francoise Sagan Copy Share Image
To hear that your neighbor was worse off than yourself was not an altogether unpleasant experience. — Lizette Woodworth Reese Copy Share Image
The times are too difficult and the crisis too severe to indulge in schadenfreude. Looking at it in perspective, the fact that… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Since Madonna is positioned as always 'cooler than thou,' we all are primed for schadenfreude if something in her fabulous life goes… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
I'll always understand the Schadenfreude aspect to short-selling. I get that no one will always like it. I'm also convinced to the… — James Chanos Copy Share Image
At some time in the history of the universe, there were no human minds, and at some time later, there were. Within… — David Berlinski Copy Share Image
I often find myself worrying about celebrities. It's an entirely caring thing; it's not like the people who commission those photographs with… — Peter York Copy Share Image
Laughter to begin with was probably glee at the misfortunes of others. The baring of the teeth in laughter hints at its… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
“Don't reach for the halo too soon. You have plenty of time to enjoy yourself, even a little maliciously sometimes, before you… — Ellis Peters Copy Share Image
I remember learning German - so beautiful, so strange - at school in Australia on the other side of the earth. My… — Anna Funder Copy Share Image
In sad truth, half our forebodings of our neighbors are but our own wishes, which we are ashamed to utter in any… — Letitia Elizabeth Landon Copy Share Image
