Envy Quote by Tacitus Download Open image “When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.” — Tacitus ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Envy Jealousy Men
Men are often so foolish as to boast and value themselves upon their passions, even those that are most vicious. But envy is a… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld 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
It is usually the case with most men that their nature is so constituted that they pity those who fare badly and envy those… — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“The only cure [for envy] in the case of ordinary men and women is happiness, and the difficulty is that envy is itself a… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
JEALOUSY & ENVY AMONG WOMEN IS SOMETHING IN WHICH MEN ARE NOT IN THE KNOWN OF.THE MANY ACTS AGAINST ANOTHER SHOWS BY THE ACTIONS… — Anne' McMillion Copy Share Image
Envying another man's happiness is madness; you wouldn't know what to do with it if you had it. — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
Envy is an ill-natured vice, and is made up of meanness and malice. It wishes the force of goodness to be strained, and the… — Jeremy Collier Copy Share Image
“That’s how envy can spoil safety. Envy makes us resent people who have something we don’t have. It feeds on itself and is ultimately… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
Benefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are… — Tacitus Copy Share Image
None mourn more ostentatiously than those who most rejoice at it [a death]. — Tacitus Copy Share Image
So true is it that all transactions of preeminent importance are wrapt in doubt and obscurity; while some hold for certain facts the most… — Tacitus Copy Share Image
Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those… — Tacitus Copy Share Image
Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others. — Tacitus Copy Share Image
None mourn more ostentatiously over the death of Germanicus than those who most rejoice at it [a death]. — Tacitus Copy Share Image
The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast. — Tacitus Copy Share Image
The vision of the left, full of envy and resentment, takes its worst toll on those at the bottom - whether black or white… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
“I don't envy "busy." Busy means having a schedule, not living life. What I really covet is leisure and peace of mind. Those who… — Donna Lynn Hope Copy Share Image
Thinking, or more precisely identification with thinking, gives rise to and maintains the ego, which, in our Western society in particular, is out of… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
“Is it not strange that the more someone has, the less he feels he has? Envy can never be sated.” — Jeff Wheeler Copy Share Image
Sometimes I envy painters, it is wonderful to remain in front of a bouquet of flowers a whole morning, or even longer. A photographer… — Edouard Boubat Copy Share Image
avarice breeds envy, a worm that is always gnawing, letting the avaricious enjoy neither their own nor anyone else's good. — St. Catherine of Siena Copy Share Image
“You don’t see someone flying and you begin to bite yourself for not being able to do that. You do what you can.” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Knowledge forbidden? Suspicious, reasonless. Why should their Lord Envy them that? Can it be sin to know, Can it be death? And do they… — John Milton Copy Share Image
Yes, Clay Matthews has a long, golden, Fabio-esque flowing mane that most women would chick-slap someone for. And yes, the shiny, beautiful, dark locks… — Julie Foudy Copy Share Image
“I have known many true connoisseurs, with excellent tastes that range across the humanities and the culinary arts--and they never fail to have a… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
