Abuse Quote by Richard Whately

People are often vain of their passions, even of the worst, but envy is a passion so timid and shame-faced that no one ever…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Envy is blind, and she has no other quality than that of detracting from virtue

— Anonymous

“With the wise man, what he has does not cease to be enjoyable because some one else has something else. Envy, in fact, is…

— Bertrand Russell

There is about wisdom a nobility and magnificence in the fact that she doesn't just fall to a person's lot, that each man owes…

— Seneca the Younger

There are many eyes that can detect and honor the prudent and household virtues; there are many that can discern Genius on his starry…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“To behold virtue in her proper form is nothing else but to contemplate morality stripped of all admixture of sensible things and of every…

— Immanuel Kant

There is a kind of grandeur and respect which the meanest and most insignificant part of mankind endeavor to procure in the little circle…

— Joseph Addison

“Noble morality! and consistent with the cautious prudence of a little soul that cannot extend its views beyond the present minute division of existence.…

— Mary Wollstonecraft

“Envy is the religion of the mediocre. It comforts them, it soothes their worries, and finally it rots their souls, allowing them to justify…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“Talent breeds resentment; brilliance attracts envy. Lesser souls seek comfort in bringing down those who are admitted into the company of gods. Envy rules…

— Eva Stachniak

Love Virtue, she alone is free, She can teach ye how to climb Higher than the sphery chime; Or, if Virtue feeble were, Heav'n…

— John Milton

“Because she had always been happy, she wanted everyone about her to be happy or, at least, pleased with themselves. To this end, she…

— Margaret Mitchell