Envious Quote by Antisthenes Download Open image “As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion.” — Antisthenes ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Envious Iron Jealousy Passion
Antisthenes used to say that envious people were devoured by their own disposition, just as iron is by rust. — Diogenes Laertius Copy Share Image
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Antisthenes used to say that envious people were devoured by their own disposition, just as iron is by rust. Envy of others comes from… — Diogenes Copy Share Image
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The earth yields up her stores, of every ill The instigators; iron, foe to man, And gold, than iron deadlier. — Ovid Copy Share Image
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There are only two people who can tell you the truth about yourself - an enemy who has lost his temper and a friend… — Antisthenes Copy Share Image
The investigation of the meaning of words is the beginning of education. — Antisthenes Copy Share Image
The advantages of philosophy? That I am able to hold converse with myself. — Antisthenes Copy Share Image
It is better to fall in with crows than with flatterers; for in the one case you are devoured when dead, in the other… — Antisthenes Copy Share Image
States are doomed when they are unable to distinguish good men from bad. — Antisthenes Copy Share Image
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Normally, what you’re envious of is a book, not a writer: standards, ideas, levels … almost nonexistent things. — James Salter Copy Share Image
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England is a fairly envious little country and it's embodied in the press. They don't like anyone being more distinguished than they are. — John Cleese Copy Share Image
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The gigantic intellect, the envious temper, the ravenous ambition and the rotten heart of Daniel Webster. — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
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Envy, my children, follows pride; whoever is envious is proud. See, envy comes to us from Hell; the devils having sinned through pride, sinned also through envy, envying our glory, our happiness. Why do we envy the happiness and the goods of others? Because we are proud; we should like to be the sole possessors of talents, riches, of the… — John Vianney Copy Share
