Consolation Quote by Plutarch

The praise of the envious is far less creditable than their censure; they praise only that which they can surpass, but that which surpasses…

— Charles Caleb Colton

When superiors are fond of showing their humanity, inferiors try to outstrip one another in their practice of it.

— Confucius

The envious are more likely to be mollified by seeing others deprived of some advantage than by gaining it for themselves. It is not…

— Henry Hazlitt

Envy suggests inferiority.

— Wayne Gerard Trotman

Envy is a declaration of inferiority.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Is it arrogance if one is truly superior?

— Rachel Caine

Persons of high self-esteem are not driven to make themselves superior to others; they do not seek to prove their value by measuring themselves…

— Nathaniel Branden

Jealousy is the fear or apprehension of superiority: envy our uneasiness under it.

— William Shenstone

For cultural invasion to succeed, it is essential that those invaded become convinced of their intrinsic inferiority.

— Paulo Freire

Surely, if we considered detraction to be bred of envy, nested only in deficient minds, we should find that the applauding of virtue would…

— Owen Feltham

Compliment others on the virtues they have; and they're not half as pleased as being complimented for the ones they don't have.

— Malcolm Forbes

Wherever an inferiority complex exists, there is a good reason for it.

— Carl Jung