Envied Quote by Herodotus Download Open image “How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.” — Herodotus ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Envied
I seem to be the only person in the world who doesn't mind being pitied. If you love me, pity me. The human state… — Jessamyn West Copy Share Image
“The desire to be pitied or to be admired often forms the greater part of our confidence.” — François de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
If we have to have a choice between being dead and pitied, and being alive with a bad image, we'd rather be alive and… — Golda Meir Copy Share Image
Nobody can tell what I suffer! But it is always so. Those who do not complain are never pitied. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
It is better to expose ourselves to ingratitude than to neglect our duty to the distressed. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
All that a husband or wife really wants is to be pitied a little, praised a little, and appreciated a little. — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
If you expect the worst from a person, you can't ever be disappointed... The pessimist takes a sort of gloomy pleasure in observing the… — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
The happiness of being envied is glamour. Being envied is a solitary form of reassurance. It depends precisely upon not sharing your experience with… — John Berger Copy Share Image
We may have uneasy feelings for seeing a creature in distress without pity; for we have not pity unless we wish to relieve them. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Pity is the most pleasant feeling in those who have not much pride, and have no prospect of great conquests: the easy prey -… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
A real friend ... exults in his friends happiness, rejoices in all his joys, and is ready to afford him the best advice. — Herodotus Copy Share Image
Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; While others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at… — Herodotus Copy Share Image
Happiness is not fame or riches or heroic virtues, but a state that will inspire posterity to think in reflecting upon our life, that… — Herodotus Copy Share Image
But I like not these great success of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods. — Herodotus Copy Share Image
Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh. — Herodotus Copy Share Image
Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects. — Herodotus Copy Share Image
They [the Persians] are accustomed to deliberate on matters of the highest moment when warm with wine; but whatever they in this situation may… — Herodotus Copy Share Image
To think well and to consent to obey someone giving good advice are the same thing. — Herodotus Copy Share Image
Unless a variety of opinions are laid before us, we have no opportunity of selection, but are bound of necessity to adopt the particular… — Herodotus Copy Share Image
Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future, predominate over the present, advances us… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
If our inward griefs were written on our brows, how many who are envied now would be pitied. It would seem that they had… — Pietro Metastasio Copy Share Image
There was a rivalry - and some pie-throwing. But that was probably because Gawker and Radar had more in common than they wanted to… — Nick Denton Copy Share Image
The pastoral labours of the archbishop of Constantinople provoked and gradually united against him two sorts of enemies; the aspiring clergy, who envied his… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Since biblical times, and probably before, the wealthy have been envied and condemned. — Conrad Black Copy Share Image
The famous are balloons far up in the sky, to be envied for their quiet freedom or shot down as enemies. — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
I've always envied girls having Ugg boots, so when I found some for men, I had to have them. — Marc Warren Copy Share Image
People knew less of each other, perhaps, but they felt more free of each other, and so were more individual. The entire world was… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
I've always slightly envied other actors I know who have different reputations. I think, 'God, you don't get people coming up to you, going,… — Martin Freeman Copy Share Image
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