Envy Quotes

1097 Envy quotes by 766 unique authors

You will be able to check envy if you rejoice with the man whom you envy whenever he rejoices, and grieve whenever he grieves. — Maximus the Confessor
My brother, do men grieve over the fight of cats and dogs? So the jealousy, envy, and elbowing of common men should make no impression… — Swami Vivekananda
There is a proper measure in all things, certain limits beyond which and short of which right is not to be found. Who so cultivates… — Horace
Envy is blind, and she has no other quality than that of detracting from virtue — Unknown Author
Posterity will do justice to that unprincipled maniac Gladstone - extraordinary mixture of envy, vindictiveness, hypocrisy and superstition; and with one commanding characteristic - whether… — Benjamin Disraeli
The highest summits and those elevated above the level of other things are mostly blasted by envy as by a thunderbolt. — Lucretius
In few men is it part of nature to respect a friend's prosperity without begrudging him. — Aeschylus
Envy ... is one form of a vice, partly moral, partly intellectual, which consists in seeing things never in themselves but only in their relations. — Bertrand Russell
Jealousy, which serves the struggle for survival, can deteriorate into the envy which draws defeat even from victory. — Willard Gaylin
What is the use of acquiring one's heart's desire if one cannot handle and gloat over it, show it to one's friends, and gather an… — Dorothy L. Sayers
All the world is competent to judge my pictures except those who are of my profession. — William Hogarth
I can see the greed and envy in your eyes. — Nelly
You thought you had the choice to stay still or move forward, but your didn't. As long as your heart kept pumping an your blood… — Ann Brashares
The United States of America became the envy of the world because we welcomed the best and brightest minds from anywhere on the planet and… — Naveen Jain
We have more experience of movement and more capacity for it than of feeling and thought... We know much more about movement than we do… — Moshe Feldenkrais
Anger he smiles, towering in shiny metallic purple armor. Queen Jealousy, envy waits behind him, her fiery green gown sneers at the grassy ground. — Jimi Hendrix
As an introvert, you can be your own best friend or your worst enemy. The good news is we generally like our own company, a… — Laurie Helgoe
If I were to envy any persons on this planet, it would be mountain hermits. You often hear old platitudes such as, 'Speak out. Be… — Criss Jami
You have been overcome; and whether you are overcome by envy or by a so-called noble influence, you are still a slave, you are not… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
Consumerism is, quite precisely, the consuming of life by the things consumed. It is living in a manner that is measured by having rather than… — Richard John Neuhaus
It is the practice of the multitude to bark at eminent men, as little dogs do at strangers. — Seneca the Younger
The envious pine at others' success; no greater punishment than envy was devised by Sicilian tyrants. — Horace
If the crow had been satisfied to eat his prey in silence, he would have had more meat and less quarreling and envy. — Horace
Other passions have objects to flatter them, and seem to content and satisfy them for a while; there is power in ambition, pleasure in luxury,… — Michel de Montaigne
When we think of cruelty, we must try to remember the stupidity, the envy, the frustration from which it has arisen. — Edith Sitwell

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