A weak mind is ambitious of envy, a strong one of respect. - E. Wigglesworth
As a moth gnaws a garment, so doth envy consume a man. - Chrysostom
Certainly, envy is no monopoly of the poor; it makes itself felt in all sections of society; it haunts the court, the library, the barrack-room, even the sanctuary; it is provoked in some unhappy souls by the near neighbourhood of any superior rank or excellence whatever. - Henry Parry Liddon
Envy and jealousy, twin sisters, come with the cunning of the fox to steal away our peace and happiness. - Nicias Ballard Cooksey
Envy does not allow humanity to sleep. - Carl Jung
Envy does not enter an empty house. - Danish Proverb
Envy eats nothing but its own heart. - German Proverb
Envy generally admires and abhors out of proportion. - Edward Counsel
Envy is a gun with a faulty breech-lock which flares back and burns the gunner. - Austin O’Malley
Envy is a kind of praise. - John Gay
Envy is a littleness of soul, which cannot see beyond a certain point, and if it does not occupy the whole space, feels itself excluded. - William Hazlitt
Envy is a symptom of lack of appreciation of our own uniqueness and self-worth. Each of us has something to give that no one else has. - Unknown
Envy is its own tormentor. - Andrada
Envy is not only an insult to oneself, it is also a waste of time. - Unknown
Envy is one of the great enemies of active spirituality. It keeps us from loving our neighbours, from functioning with others in community, and from affirming people’s unique worth. It also steals contentment from the heart. - Charles R. Swindoll
Envy is the art of counting the other fellow's blessings instead of your own. - Harold Coffin
Envy is the coward side of Hate, and all her ways are bleak and desolate. - Henry Abbey
Envy is counting the other fellow’s blessings instead of your own. - Unknown
Envy like fire always makes for the highest points. - Livy
Envy lurks at the bottom of the human heart, like a viper in its hole. - Unknown
Envy never enriched any man. - Unknown
Envy nobody. It is the true secret of happiness, or at least the only one I know. - Peter S. Beagle
Envy ought in strict truth to have no place whatever allowed it in the heart of man; for the goods of this present world, are so vile and low, that they are beneath it; and those of the future world, are so vast and exalted, that they are above it. - Charles Caleb Colton
Envy was a treasure-hoarding dragon, dainty and diabolical. - Holly Cupala
Envy, among other ingredients, has a mixture of the love of justice in it. We are more angry at undeserved than at deserved good-fortune. - William Hazlitt
Envy, like a false mirror, distorts the symmetry of the sweetest form. - Norman MacDonald
Envy’s a coal comes hissing hot from hell. - Philip James Bailey
Few men have the natural strength to honour a friend’s success without envy. - Aeschylus
Hatred is active displeasure, envy passive. We need not wonder that envy turns too soon to hatred. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
He who envies me, makes my virtue his vice, and my happiness his torment. - H. Hooker
He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. - The Buddha
If envy is rankling in your bosom, declare war against it at once; a war of extermination; no truce, no treaty, no compromise. Like the pirate on the high seas, it is an outlaw, an enemy to all mankind, and should be hung up at the yard arm until it is dead. - Levi Carroll Judson
If malice or envy were tangible and had a shape, it would be the shape of a boomerang. - Charley Reese
In particular, it is absurd to hope to banish envy of other people's possessions or fortunes, if only because the spirit of envy can lead to emulation and ambition and have positive consequences. - Christopher Hitchens
In the sea of malice envy frequently gets out of her depth; and whilst she is expecting to see another drowned, she is either drowned herself or dashed against a rock. - Giovanni Battista Basile
Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy. - Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Our envy of others devours us most of all. - Alexander Solzhenitsyn
The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause. - Baltasar Gracián
The only thing more certain than the hatred of enemies is the envy of friends. - Evan Esar
There is no disappointment so numbing ... as someone no better than you achieving more. - Joseph Heller
There is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human heart as envy. - Richard Brinsley Sheridan
There was never envy that was not bloody: for if it eat not another's heart, it will eat our own. - Joseph Hall
They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it. - Sallust
What a day it is when we must envy the men in their graves. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
As a moth gnaws a garment, so doth envy consume a man. - Chrysostom
Certainly, envy is no monopoly of the poor; it makes itself felt in all sections of society; it haunts the court, the library, the barrack-room, even the sanctuary; it is provoked in some unhappy souls by the near neighbourhood of any superior rank or excellence whatever. - Henry Parry Liddon
Envy and jealousy, twin sisters, come with the cunning of the fox to steal away our peace and happiness. - Nicias Ballard Cooksey
Envy does not allow humanity to sleep. - Carl Jung
Envy does not enter an empty house. - Danish Proverb
Envy eats nothing but its own heart. - German Proverb
Envy generally admires and abhors out of proportion. - Edward Counsel
Envy is a gun with a faulty breech-lock which flares back and burns the gunner. - Austin O’Malley
Envy is a kind of praise. - John Gay
Envy is a littleness of soul, which cannot see beyond a certain point, and if it does not occupy the whole space, feels itself excluded. - William Hazlitt
Envy is a symptom of lack of appreciation of our own uniqueness and self-worth. Each of us has something to give that no one else has. - Unknown
Envy is its own tormentor. - Andrada
Envy is not only an insult to oneself, it is also a waste of time. - Unknown
Envy is one of the great enemies of active spirituality. It keeps us from loving our neighbours, from functioning with others in community, and from affirming people’s unique worth. It also steals contentment from the heart. - Charles R. Swindoll
Envy is the art of counting the other fellow's blessings instead of your own. - Harold Coffin
Envy is the coward side of Hate, and all her ways are bleak and desolate. - Henry Abbey
Envy is counting the other fellow’s blessings instead of your own. - Unknown
Envy like fire always makes for the highest points. - Livy
Envy lurks at the bottom of the human heart, like a viper in its hole. - Unknown
Envy never enriched any man. - Unknown
Envy nobody. It is the true secret of happiness, or at least the only one I know. - Peter S. Beagle
Envy ought in strict truth to have no place whatever allowed it in the heart of man; for the goods of this present world, are so vile and low, that they are beneath it; and those of the future world, are so vast and exalted, that they are above it. - Charles Caleb Colton
Envy was a treasure-hoarding dragon, dainty and diabolical. - Holly Cupala
Envy, among other ingredients, has a mixture of the love of justice in it. We are more angry at undeserved than at deserved good-fortune. - William Hazlitt
Envy, like a false mirror, distorts the symmetry of the sweetest form. - Norman MacDonald
Envy’s a coal comes hissing hot from hell. - Philip James Bailey
Few men have the natural strength to honour a friend’s success without envy. - Aeschylus
Hatred is active displeasure, envy passive. We need not wonder that envy turns too soon to hatred. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
He who envies me, makes my virtue his vice, and my happiness his torment. - H. Hooker
He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. - The Buddha
If envy is rankling in your bosom, declare war against it at once; a war of extermination; no truce, no treaty, no compromise. Like the pirate on the high seas, it is an outlaw, an enemy to all mankind, and should be hung up at the yard arm until it is dead. - Levi Carroll Judson
If malice or envy were tangible and had a shape, it would be the shape of a boomerang. - Charley Reese
In particular, it is absurd to hope to banish envy of other people's possessions or fortunes, if only because the spirit of envy can lead to emulation and ambition and have positive consequences. - Christopher Hitchens
In the sea of malice envy frequently gets out of her depth; and whilst she is expecting to see another drowned, she is either drowned herself or dashed against a rock. - Giovanni Battista Basile
Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy. - Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Our envy of others devours us most of all. - Alexander Solzhenitsyn
The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause. - Baltasar Gracián
The only thing more certain than the hatred of enemies is the envy of friends. - Evan Esar
There is no disappointment so numbing ... as someone no better than you achieving more. - Joseph Heller
There is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human heart as envy. - Richard Brinsley Sheridan
There was never envy that was not bloody: for if it eat not another's heart, it will eat our own. - Joseph Hall
They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it. - Sallust
What a day it is when we must envy the men in their graves. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Envy is really powerful.
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