Envy Quote by Joseph Epstein

Benign envy can sound a lot like admiration. The difference is that, while admiration feels good, envy is painful.

— Maria Konnikova

Envy is human nature.

— Monica Bellucci

No one would deny that feeling envy is unpleasant, or that feeling envious sometimes leads us down a path we wish we hadn't taken.…

— Maria Konnikova

Envy is everywhere. Who is without envy? And most people Are unaware or unashamed of being envious.

— T. S. Eliot

Envy is of all others the most ungratifying and disconsolate passion. There is power for ambition, pleasure for luxury, and pelf even for covetousness;…

— Jeremy Collier

Envy is so natural to human kind, that it cannot but arise.

— Herodotus

Envy is a declaration of inferiority.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Envy is a kind of praise.

— John Gay

Envy is a sign of insecurity, yes; but so is longing to be envied.

— Criss Jami

Envy is ever joined with the comparing of a man's self; and where there is no comparison, no envy.

— Anonymous

Envy is a symptom of lack of appreciation of our own uniqueness and self worth. Each of us has something to give that no…

— Anonymous

Envy suggests inferiority.

— Wayne Gerard Trotman