Appearance Quote by Pliny the Elder

Envy is a declaration of inferiority.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.

— Pliny the Elder

Envy suggests inferiority.

— Wayne Gerard Trotman

Envy ought to have no place allowed it in the hearts of people; for the goods of this present world are so vile and…

— Charles Caleb Colton

Envy is the most universal passion. We only pride ourselves on the qualities we possess, or think we possess; but we envy the pretensions…

— William Hazlitt

All envy is proportionate to desire; we are uneasy at the attainments of another, according as we think our own happiness would be advanced…

— Samuel Johnson

The vice of envy is not only a dangerous, but a mean vice; for it is always a confession of inferiority. It may promote…

— Theodore Roosevelt

“Envy is an indispensable member of our society and somewhat a loyal friend of our society; its fruits can be sweeter or bitter; it…

— Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

We often pride ourselves on even the most criminal passions, but envy is a timid and shamefaced passion we never dare to acknowledge.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Envy is as evil a thing as arrogance.

— Theodore Roosevelt

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

— Anonymous

When you become who you wish to be, there is no need for envy.

— Wes Fesler