Envy Quote by Lucretius

Envy assails the noblest: the winds howl around the highest peaks.

— Ovid

“Contrary to popular belief, there are peaks higher than Mount Everest. These are the hurdles that lie within each of us. Thank you Stephen…

— Karan Godara

The summit is believed to be the object of the climb. But its true object--the joy of living--is not in the peak itself, but…

— Eiji Yoshikawa

Envy like fire always makes for the highest points.

— Livy

For envy, like lightning, generally strikes at the top Or any point which sticks out from the ordinary level. LUCRETIUS, De Rerum Natura Our…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

What is the highest thing in the world? Not the buildings, not the airplanes and not the sky. But it is simply your pride.

— Laine

The lofty pine is oftenest shaken by the winds; High towers fall with a heavier crash; And the lightning strikes the highest mountain.

— Horace

The highest of the world's mountains, it seems, has to make but a single gesture of magnificence to be the lord of all, vast…

— George Leigh Mallory

For ambitious and greedy, there exists no summit, but only climbing up perpetually.

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

Envy, like flame, blackens that which is above it, and which it cannot reach.

— Jean Antoine Petit-Senn

The highest and most lofty trees have the most reason to dread the thunder.

— Charles Rollin

The brightest thunder-bolt is elicited from the darkest storm.

— Charles Caleb Colton