Ability Quote by Thucydides

The maxim that men are not to be praised before their death was invented by envy and too lightly adopted by philosophers. I, on…

— Luc de Clapiers

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

Mankind are tolerant of the praises of others as long as each hearer thinks that he can do as well or nearly as well…

— Thucydides

Envy is a kind of praise.

— John Gay

Envy feeds on the living, after death it rests, then the honor of a man protects him.

— Ovid

Not praising the deserving prevents envy.

— Laozi

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

— Anonymous

Need drives men to envy as fullness drives them to selfishness.

— Agnes Repplier

“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

The maxim that men are not to be praised before their death was invented by envy and too lightly adopted by philosophers.

— Luc de Clapiers

When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.

— Tacitus

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