Envied Quote by Samuel Johnson Download Open image “All envy would be extinguished, if it were universally known that there are none to be envied.” — Samuel Johnson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Envied Envy Humanity Ifs Inspirational Jealousy Known Would be
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 Copy Share Image
Envy has been, is, and shall be, the destruction of many. What is there, that Envy hath not defamed, or Malice left undefiled? Truly,… — Pythagoras Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Envy is everywhere. Who is without envy? And most people Are unaware or unashamed of being envious. — T. S. Eliot Copy Share Image
Envy is ever joined with the comparing of a man's self; and where there is no comparison, no envy. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“For envy makes no claim whatsoever about the moral superiority of the envier, or about the “goodness” of his or her state of lacking… — Sianne Ngai Copy Share Image
The size of a man's understanding might always be justly measured by his mirth. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Pound St. Paul's Church into atoms, and consider any single atom; it is to be sure, good for nothing; but put all these atoms… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
If our aim is to praise, we should forget to criticize; if our aim is to criticize, we should remember to praise — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
It is as foolish to make experiments upon the constancy of a friend, as upon the chastity of a wife. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
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The basis of all excellence is truth: he that professes love ought to feel its power. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
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Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future, predominate over the present, advances us… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
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Since biblical times, and probably before, the wealthy have been envied and condemned. — Conrad Black Copy Share Image
The famous are balloons far up in the sky, to be envied for their quiet freedom or shot down as enemies. — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
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