Envied Quotes

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Lovers who have nothing to do but love each other are not really to be envied; love and nothing else very soon is nothing else. — Walter Lippmann
The heaven of the envied is hell for the envious. [...because they focus on what they don't have rather than being grateful for what they… — Baltasar Gracian
The learned are envied by the foolish; rich men by the poor; chaste women by adulteresses; and beautiful ladies by ugly ones. — Chanakya
Once you buy the argument that some segment of the citizenry should lose their rights, just because they are envied or resented, you are putting… — Thomas Sowell
It was Noel Coward whose technique I envied and tried to emulate. I collected all his records and writing. — Kenneth Williams
They say teenagers can sleep all day. I often used to look at dogs and be amazed by the way they seemed to sleep for… — John Marsden
He watched a catbird hopping around in an azalea that was readying itself to bloom; he envied the bird for knowing nothing of what he… — Jonathan Franzen
I've always envied the kind of coach who could go completely out of his mind and nobody would know the difference. — Adolph Rupp
If, in my retirement to the humble station of a private citizen, I am accompanied with the esteem and approbation of my fellow citizens, trophies… — Thomas Jefferson
No, I never went to college. Always regretted it, always envied people who did. — Sydney Pollack
The famous are balloons far up in the sky, to be envied for their quiet freedom or shot down as enemies. — Arthur Miller
He should be envied Who when his strength is spent lays down his life. Old age reserves a melancholy fate For noble souls before their… — Pierre Corneille
My character and good name are in my own keeping. Life with disgrace is dreadful. A glorious death is to be envied. — Horatio Nelson
I'd always envied actors who got to play real people or got to do research. I've always just had these scripts where, I mean not… — Luke Wilson
Ultimate prosperity is one's value within. It takes a man of depth, morality, and charm to be envied yet without a sign of wealth or… — Criss Jami
In the land where excellence is commended, not envied, where weakness is aided, not mocked, there is no question as to how its inhabitants are… — Criss Jami
I was both very successful and very left; the living demonstration of how you could be on the left and still be in the gossip… — Elia Kazan
A poet should be so crafty with words that he is envied even for his pains. — Criss Jami
The rich are more envied by those who have a little, than by those who have nothing. — Charles Caleb Colton
If our inward griefs were seen written on our brow, how many would be pitied who are now envied! [It., Se a ciascun l'interno affanno… — Pietro Metastasio

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