I envy animals for two things - their ignorance of evil to come, and their ignorance of what is said about them.
Voltaire
With that malignant envy which turns pale, And sickens, even if a friend prevail.
Charles Churchill
No man likes to be surpassed by those of this own level.
Titus Livy
Envy feeds on the living. It ceases when they are dead.
Ovid
Envy assails the noblest: the winds howl around the highest peaks. Author:
Ovid
Envy depreciates the genius of the great Homer.
Ovid
Envy will merit as its shade pursue, But like a shadow, proves the substance true.
Alexander Pope
Nothing sharpens sight like envy
Thomas Fuller
Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to hate.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Envy is like a fly that passes all the body's sounder parts, and dwells upon the sores.
Arthur Chapman
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.
FranÃois de La Rochefoucauld
It was well said that envy keeps no holidays.
Francis Bacon