Envy Quotes

1097 Envy quotes by 766 unique authors

Envy is littleness of soul. — William Hazlitt
It is usually the case with most men that their nature is so constituted that they pity those who fare badly and envy those who… — Baruch Spinoza
Each home has been reduced to the bare essentials -- to barer essentials than most primitive people would consider possible. Only one woman's hands to… — Margaret Mead
Our nature holds so much envy and malice that our pleasure in our own advantages is not so great as our distress at others'. — Plutarch
As to the Seven Deadly Sins, I deplore Pride, Wrath, Lust, Envy and Greed. Gluttony and Sloth I pretty much plan my day around. — Robert Breault
The world of empirical morality consists for the most part of nothing but ill will and envy. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Envy is everywhere. Who is without envy? And most people Are unaware or unashamed of being envious. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Great honours are great burdens, but on whom They are cast with envy, he doth bear two loads. — Ben Jonson
The heavier crop is ever in others' fields. — Unknown Author
There mark what ills the scholar's life assail, toil, envy, want, and patron. — Samuel Johnson
Those who have not, and live in want, are a menace, Ridden with envy and fooled by demagogues. — Euripides
Those who speak against the great do not usually speak from morality, but from envy. — Walter Savage Landor
Achieve some perfection [excellence] yourself, so that you may not fall into sorrow by seeing the perfection in others. — Unknown Author
Envy honors the dead in order to insult the living. — Claude Adrien Helvetius
A wicked mortal is not the idea of God. He is little else than the expression of error. To suppose that sin, lust, hatred, envy,… — Mary Baker Eddy
Basic anxiety can be roughly described as a feeling of being small, insignificant, helpless, deserted or endangered in a world that is out to abuse,… — Karen Horney
I envy those writers who outline their novels, who know where they're going. But I find writing is a process of discovery. — Jay McInerney
Envy bestrides praise. — Pindar
In the past, traditional art was based on making manifest what is enduring in man, like love, jealousy, hatred, envy, and greed... . Today art… — Tawfiq al-Hakim
I envy your ignorance, I hear that it's bliss. — Ani DiFranco
A man who envies our family is a man who needs help. — Yeardley Smith
The best way to sell yourself to others is first to sell the others to yourself. Check yourself against this list of obstacles to a… — Harold Geneen
I envy people that know love. That have someone who takes them as they are. — Jess C Scott
The motive behind criticism often determines its validity. Those who care criticize where necessary. Those who envy criticize the moment they think that they have… — Criss Jami
Love begets wisdom, thus it is, as often misconceived, more than vain layers of tenderness; it is inherently rational and comprehensive of the problem within… — Criss Jami

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