Envy Quotes

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Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good… — Aristotle
Envy's a coal comes hissing hot from Hell. — Philip James Bailey
The show business has all phases and grades of dignity, from the exhibition of a monkey to the exposition of that highest art in music… — P T Barnum
Envy, like the worm, never runs but to the fairest fruit; like a cunning bloodhound, it singles out the fattest deer in the flock. — Francis Beaumont
Glamour cannot exist without personal social envy being a common and widespread emotion. — John Berger
Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope. — Josh Billings
It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered. — Aeschylus
He who goes unenvied shall not be admired. — Aeschylus
Never trust anyone who wants what you've got. Friend or no, envy is an overwhelming emotion. — Eubie Blake
God's truth judges created things out of love, and Satan's truth judges them out of envy and hatred. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies. — Elizabeth Bowen
Nearly every glamorous, wealthy, successful career woman you might envy now started out as some kind of schlep. — Helen Gurley Brown
Let age, not envy, draw wrinkles on thy cheeks. — Thomas Browne
If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his self-approved wisdom. — Lord Byron
There are people who have never been taught anything, and know everything, have never been anywhere, and understand everything, have never given a moment's thought… — Sholom Aleichem
Pride, envy, avarice - these are the sparks have set on fire the hearts of all men. — Dante Alighieri
Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery. — Winston Churchill
You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life. — Winston Churchill
I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
To venture upon an undertaking of any kind, even the most insignificant, is to sacrifice to envy. — Emile M. Cioran

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