Envy Quote by Antisthenes Download Open image “As rust corrupts iron, so envy corrupts man.” — Antisthenes ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Envy Iron Jealousy Men Rust
As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion. — Antisthenes Copy Share Image
Who can destroy iron but its own rust, and who can destroy a person but his own mind? — Senora Roy Copy Share Image
Antisthenes used to say that envious people were devoured by their own disposition, just as iron is by rust. — Diogenes Laertius Copy Share Image
. . . if gold rust, what then will iron do?/ For if a priest be foul in whom we trust/ No wonder that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
None can destroy iron, but its own rust can! Likewise none can destroy a person, but its own mindset can! — Ratan Tata Copy Share Image
“Am I corrupted if I believe that the people who think alike are more admirable and estimable than those who think for themselves? If… — Tom Walsh Copy Share Image
None can destroy iron, but its own rust can! Likewise, none can destroy a person, but his own mindset can. — Anurag Prakash Ray Copy Share Image
Just as rust, which arose from the iron itself, wears out the iron, likewise, performing an action without examination would destroy us by projecting… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
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
As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion. — Antisthenes Copy Share Image
States are doomed when they are unable to distinguish good men from bad. — Antisthenes Copy Share Image
The vision of the left, full of envy and resentment, takes its worst toll on those at the bottom - whether black or white… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
“I don't envy "busy." Busy means having a schedule, not living life. What I really covet is leisure and peace of mind. Those who… — Donna Lynn Hope Copy Share Image
Thinking, or more precisely identification with thinking, gives rise to and maintains the ego, which, in our Western society in particular, is out of… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
“Is it not strange that the more someone has, the less he feels he has? Envy can never be sated.” — Jeff Wheeler Copy Share Image
Sometimes I envy painters, it is wonderful to remain in front of a bouquet of flowers a whole morning, or even longer. A photographer… — Edouard Boubat Copy Share Image
avarice breeds envy, a worm that is always gnawing, letting the avaricious enjoy neither their own nor anyone else's good. — St. Catherine of Siena Copy Share Image
“You don’t see someone flying and you begin to bite yourself for not being able to do that. You do what you can.” — Israelmore Ayivor 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 do they… — John Milton Copy Share Image
Yes, Clay Matthews has a long, golden, Fabio-esque flowing mane that most women would chick-slap someone for. And yes, the shiny, beautiful, dark locks… — Julie Foudy Copy Share Image
“I have known many true connoisseurs, with excellent tastes that range across the humanities and the culinary arts--and they never fail to have a… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
