Jealousy Quote by Fanny Burney

Emulation admires and strives to imitate great actions; envy is only moved to malice.

— Honore de Balzac

Emulation is active virtue; envy is brooding malice.

— Ouida

“Don't envy what people have, emulate what they did to have it.”

— Tim Fargo

“Envy is not meant to cause hatred, but to inspire us to be more.”

— Brandon Lee Godbee

“Envy is awful. Unlike jealousy, which comes from the threat of losing what you cherish, envy is a dark desire for things over which…

— Hilary Thayer Hamann

“Envy is admiration laced with resentment.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Very few people are able to discount the effect of circumstances upon their own characters.”

— Bertrand Russell

“Envy is, in a sense, an intentional feeling that paradoxically undermines its own intentionality.”

— Sianne Ngai

ENVY, n. Emulation adapted to the meanest capacity.

— Ambrose Bierce

“Judgement is so often a thwarted, frustrated expression of envy.”

— Elizabeth Winder

“Believe it or not, you and your enemies want many of the same things and share values.”

— Bryant McGill

“The enemies of your enemies are not always your friends, but they can still be useful.”

— James D. Sass