Envy Quote by John Gay Download Open image “Envy's a sharper spur than pay.” — John Gay ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Envy Pay Spurs
Envy's a sharper spur than pay: No author ever spar'd a brother; Wits are gamecocks to one another. — John Gay Copy Share Image
Envy is the most stupid of vices, for there is no single advantage to be gained from it. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Envy is a mistake that just keeps on giving. Obviously we suffer a little when some misfortune befalls us, but envy requires us to… — Jeffrey R. Holland Copy Share Image
Envy is a weed that grows in all soils and climates, and is no less luxuriant in the country than in the court; is… — Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon Copy Share Image
Envy is the consuming desire to have everybody else as unsuccessful as you are. — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
Whence is thy learning? Hath thy toil O'er books consumed the midnight oil? — John Gay Copy Share Image
To cheat a man is nothing; but the woman must have fine parts, indeed, who cheats a woman — John Gay Copy Share Image
Fair is the kingcup that in meadow blows, Fair is the daisy that beside her grows. — John Gay Copy Share Image
'T is woman that seduces all mankind; By her we first were taught the wheedling arts. — John Gay Copy Share Image
Fill it up. I take as large draughts of liquor as I did of love. I hate a flincher in either. — John Gay Copy Share Image
A rich rogue nowadays is fit company for any gentleman; and the world, my dear, hath not such a contempt for roguery as you… — John Gay Copy Share Image
Let firm, well hammer'd soles protect thy feet Through freezing snows, and rains, and soaking sleet; Should the big last extend the shoe too… — John Gay Copy Share Image
A Wolf eats sheep but now and then; Ten thousands are devour'd by men. An open foe may prove a curse, but a pretend… — John Gay Copy Share Image
The vision of the left, full of envy and resentment, takes its worst toll on those at the bottom - whether black or white… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
“I don't envy "busy." Busy means having a schedule, not living life. What I really covet is leisure and peace of mind. Those who… — Donna Lynn Hope Copy Share Image
Thinking, or more precisely identification with thinking, gives rise to and maintains the ego, which, in our Western society in particular, is out of… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
“Is it not strange that the more someone has, the less he feels he has? Envy can never be sated.” — Jeff Wheeler Copy Share Image
Sometimes I envy painters, it is wonderful to remain in front of a bouquet of flowers a whole morning, or even longer. A photographer… — Edouard Boubat Copy Share Image
avarice breeds envy, a worm that is always gnawing, letting the avaricious enjoy neither their own nor anyone else's good. — St. Catherine of Siena Copy Share Image
“You don’t see someone flying and you begin to bite yourself for not being able to do that. You do what you can.” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Knowledge forbidden? Suspicious, reasonless. Why should their Lord Envy them that? Can it be sin to know, Can it be death? And do they… — John Milton Copy Share Image
Yes, Clay Matthews has a long, golden, Fabio-esque flowing mane that most women would chick-slap someone for. And yes, the shiny, beautiful, dark locks… — Julie Foudy Copy Share Image
“I have known many true connoisseurs, with excellent tastes that range across the humanities and the culinary arts--and they never fail to have a… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
