Quotes about envy
envy height giants
I do have height envy. I'm 5'1 and my sisters are giants so I do have height envy. Toni Braxton
envy praise
Envy bestrides praise. Pindar
envy sin despise
More sinners are cursed at not because we despise their sins but because we envy their success at sinning. Thomas B. Macaulay
envy competition ancient
The praise of ancient authors proceeds not from the reverence of the dead, but from the competition and mutual envy of the living. Thomas Hobbes
envy way persons
It is very seldom that a person loves anyone they cannot in some way envy. Truman Capote
envy emulation virtue
Emulation is active virtue; envy is brooding malice. Ouida
envy easy clergymen
I do not envy a clergyman's life as an easy life, nor do I envy the clergyman who makes it an easy life. Samuel Johnson
envy desire
All envy is proportionate to desire.
envy judging world
All the world is competent to judge my pictures except those who are of my profession. William Hogarth
envy rich doing-good
O! what a Godlike Power is that of doing Good! I envy the Rich and the Great for nothing else! Samuel Richardson
envy lust selfishness
The truth is that cupidity, selfishness, envy, malice, lust, vindictiveness, are constant vices of human nature. William Graham Sumner
envy common praise
The most common disguise of Envy is in praise of what is subordinate. Washington Allston
envy morality speak
Those who speak against the great do not usually speak from morality, but from envy. Walter Savage Landor
envy bliss fractions
Is it not clear, however, that bliss and envy are the numerator and denominator of the fraction called happiness? Yevgeny Zamyatin
envy people reason
There is nothing more universally commended than a fine day; the reason is that people can commend it without envy. William Shenstone
envy thank-god world
Do I envy Madonna's body? Yes. Do I thank God that she has it? Yes! If you're fifty-something and you look like Madonna, and you put a lifetime's work in the way you look, then flash it to the world! Salma Hayek
envy quiet incredibles
Quiet and incredible. I really envy that. Sarah Dessen
envy hopeful
Envy is the bond between the hopeful and the damned Roger Waters
envy justice mind
Popularity disarms envy in well-disposed minds. Those are ever the most ready to do justice to others who feel that the world has done them justice. When success has not this effect in opening the mind, it is a sign that it has been ill deserved. William Hazlitt
envy soul
Envy is littleness of soul.
envy gossip people
People ask for criticism, but they only want praise. W. Somerset Maugham
envy sticks reason
The reason death sticks so closely to life isn’t biological necessity – it’s envy. Yann Martel
envy laughing stupidity
To our betters eve can reconcile ourselves, if you please--respecting them sincerely, laughing at their jokes, making allowance for their stupidities, meekly suffering their insolence; but we can't pardon our equals going beyond us. William Makepeace Thackeray
envy insult oneself
Envy is an insult to oneself. Yevgeny Yevtushenko
envy worry feelings
When you show yourself to the world and display your talents, you naturally stir all kinds of resentment, envy, and other manifestations of insecurity... you cannot spend your life worrying about the petty feelings of others Robert Greene
envy enemy loyal
Be wary of friends—they will betray you more quickly, for they are easily aroused to envy. They also become spoiled and tyrannical. But hire a former enemy and he will be more loyal than a friend, because he has more to prove. In fact, you have more to fear from friends than from enemies. If you have no enemies, find a way to make them.
envy attention occupation
Beg of God the removal of envy, that God may deliver you from externals, and bestow upon you an inward occupation, which will absorb you so that your attention is not drawn away. Rumi