Envy Quotes

Now seen...now gone, The butterfly flits in and out Through fence-hung flowers; But a life lived so close to them I envy...though it's here and gone.

If sensuality be our only happiness we ought to envy the brutes, for instinct is a surer, shorter, safer guide to such happiness than reason.

Envy not greatness: for thou mak'st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.

Education has to cultivate humility and discipline, but today it is yielding a harvest of pride and envy.

Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.

Though by whim, envy, or resentment led, they damn those authors whom they never read.

The envy of excellence leads to perdition; the love of it leads to the light.

Do not underestimate what you specific conventional, nor covetousness others. He who envies others does not terra firma organization of intellect.

I think I would envy me too, if I didn't know me better.

I defer to all these other American poets who, for some reason, I both envy and admire.

I cannot think of any character below the flatterer, except he who envies him

If poisonous minerals, and if that tree, Whose fruit threw death on else immortal us, If lecherous goats, if serpents envious Cannot be damned; alas; why should I be?

The higher you ascend, the smaller you appear to the eye of envy. But most of all they hate those who fly.

A competitive society is a society of envy.

I have blossomed so much, I am the envy of the gardens.

Rivalry and envy are Siamese twins.

In Britain, any degree of success is met with envy and resentment.

You know, I have had a terrible life. I married two men I really didn't like. My only daughter was killed in a car accident. My brother committed suicide. Has my life been a life for anyone to envy?

Do not envy those who seem to be naturally gifted; it is often a curse, as such types rarely learn the value of diligence and focus, and they pay for this later in life.

There is much less envy of the rich by the poor than there is of the happy by the unhappy; by those who believe, by those who don't believe.

The laws would not prevent each man from living according to his inclination, unless individuals harmed each other; for envy creates the beginning of strife.

The humble live in continuous peace, while in the hearts of the proud are envy and frequent anger.

To all apparent beauties blind, each blemish strikes an envious mind.

There was no pleasure like being envied on a mass scale.

Envy suggests inferiority.

I don't envy or much respect people who are completely politicised.

My life hasn't been perfect, yet I've never wasted my time envying anyone else. If something wasn't the best it could be - I made it better.

He was a mystery to her, and every time she tried to solve him it caused her a little more pain. But when she tired to give him up he pursued her in her thoughts, stronger each time.

Jealousy is an ugly emotion, but it tells the truth. You mostly envy those who have what you desire.

The only thing more certain than the hatred of enemies is the envy of friends.

The praise we give to new comers into the world arises from the envy we bear to those who are established.

That space the Evil One abstracted stood From his own evil, and for the time remained Stupidly good, of enmity disarmed, Of guile, of hate, of envy, of revenge .

Envy makes people lonely, and brings them great suffering. It is horrible stuff to have in our flesh, and it is a sin we need to take deadly seriously.

Envy is the reverse side of a coin called vanity - Nobody is ever envious of others who is not first proud of himself.

I refuse to give into the sad reflex of French envy because this envy paralyzes our country.

Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.

To venture upon an undertaking of any kind, even the most insignificant, is to sacrifice to envy.

We must seek ways to solve difficulties such as hatred, envy and jealousy.

People say that envy is a deadly sin, but I disagree. I love watching a person do something that I can't. I find it to be incredibly motivating.

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 dare avow her.

Every other enjoyment malice may destroy; every other panegyric envy may withhold; but no human power can deprive the boaster of his own encomiums.

Envy is as evil a thing as arrogance.

Young girls envy the life yall leading, never satisfied with a nice calm evening

Chronocanine Envy: Sadness experienced when one realized that, unlike one's dog, one cannot live only in the present tense. As Kierkegaard said, "Life must be lived forward.

If the foot of the trees were not tied to earth, they would be pursuing me; For I have blossomed so much, I am the envy of the gardens.

Loyal? As loyal as anyone who plays second fiddle ever is.

A pathetic shadow, torn between her envy and thrill of being seen with Masomma, sharing in the attention as a weed would, lapping up water meant for the lily upstream.

We study biology, physics, movements of glaciers... Where are the classes on envy, feeling wronged, despair, bitterness.

We envy only those whom we feel ourselves to be like; we envy only members of our reference group. There are few successes more unendurable than those of our close friends.

The truth is that cupidity, selfishness, envy, malice, lust, vindictiveness, are constant vices of human nature.