Envy Quotes
Envy consists in seeing things never in themselves, but only in their relations. If you desire glory, you may envy Napoleon, but Napoleon envied Caesar, Caesar envied Alexander, and Alexander, I daresay, envied Hercules, who never existed.
Bertrand Russell
A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy, the smile that accepts a lover before words are uttered, and the smile that lights on the first born babe, and assures it of a mother's love
Thomas C. Haliburton
Pride, avarice, and envy are in every home
Thornton Wilder
I envy people who drink - at least they know what to blame everything on.
Oscar Levant
Envy has the ugliness of a trapped rat that has gnawed its own foot in its effort to escape.
Angus Wilson
Envy is the basis of Democracy
Bertrand Russell
Pride is seldom delicate, it will please itself with very mean advantages; and envy feels not its own happiness, but when it may be compared with the misery of others
Samuel Johnson
Jealousy is simply and clearly the fear that you do not have value. Jealousy scans for evidence to prove the point - that others will be preferred and rewarded more than you. There is only one alternative - self-value. If you cannot love yourself, you will not believe that you are loved. You will always think it's a mistake or luck. Take your eyes off others and turn the scanner within. Find the seeds of your jealousy, clear the old voices and experiences. Put all the energy into building your personal and emotional security. Then you will be the one others envy, and you can remember the pain and reach out to them.
Jennifer James
Every time that I think of the crucifixion of Christ, I commit the sin of envy.
Simone Weil
Great honours are great burdens, but on whom They are cast with envy, he doth bear two loads. His cares must still be double to his joys, In any dignity.
Ben Jonson
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
When men are full of envy, they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad
Publius Cornelius Tacitus
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.
Dennis Prager
Pride, envy, avarice - these are the sparks have set on fire the hearts of all men
Dante Alighieri
