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~ Envy feeds on the living. It ceases when they are dead. ~

Ovid

~ Envy depreciates the genius of the great Homer. ~

Ovid

~ Nothing sharpens sight like envy ~

Thomas Fuller

~ Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius. ~

Fulton J. Sheen

~ Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies. ~

Gore Vidal

~ The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy. ~

François de La Rochefoucauld

~ As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion. ~

Antisthenes

~ Whoever feels pain in hearing a good character of his neighbor will feel a pleasure in the reverse; and those who despair to rise in distinction by their virtues are happy if others can be depressed to a level with themselves. ~

John Marshall Barker

~ Envy, like the worm, never runs but to the fairest fruit; like a cunning bloodhound, it singles out the fattest deer in the flock. Abraham's riches were the Philistines' envy; and Jacob's blessing bred Esau's hatred. ~

J. Beaumont

~ Envy is the antagonist of the fortunate. ~

Epictetus

~ Envy is more irreconcilable than hatred. ~

Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld

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

Tacitus

~ Fools may our scorn, not envy, raise. For envy is a kind of praise. ~

John Gay

~ 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

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

Publius Cornelius Tacitus

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