Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
Envy, after all, comes from wanting something that isn't yours. But grief comes from losing something you've already had.
If we did but know how little some enjoy of the great things that they possess, there would not be much envy in the world.
avarice breeds envy, a worm that is always gnawing, letting the avaricious enjoy neither their own nor anyone else's good.
They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it.
This country already has a leader who divides us with the bitter politics of envy. We have to offer an alternative vision.
I envy those writers who outline their novels, who know where they're going. But I find writing is a process of discovery.
Drop jealousy and envy, for they make you ugly. Be loving, be accepting, and most of all... be happy just the way you are.
I envy not in any moods The captive void of noble rage, The linnet born within the cage, That never knew the summer woods.
We ought to be guarded against every appearance of envy, as a passion that always implies inferiority wherever it resides.
Great power which incites great envy, hurls some men to destruction; they are drowned in a long splendid stream of honors.
Men are so constituted that every one undertakes what he sees another successful in, whether he has aptitude for it or not.
Wherever I find envy I take a pleasure in provoking it: I always praise before an envious man those who make him grow pale.
More important than anything else is for Americans to wise up to class warfare demagoguery and reject the politics of envy.
All the vices, Sancho, bring some kind of pleasure with them; but envy brings nothing but irritation, bitterness, and rage.
Such men as he be never at heart's ease Whiles they behold a greater than themselves, And therefore are they very dangerous.
Our nature holds so much envy and malice that our pleasure in our own advantages is not so great as our distress at others'.
It does wonders for my own psyche to turn envy into inspiration. No matter how successful we become, we're never above that.
The gifts given to us by God must not be relinquished to those who speak ill of them and who are moved by envy or ignorance.
Knowledge forbidden? Suspicious, reasonless. Why should their Lord Envy them that? Can it be a sin to know? Can it be death?
Analyze yourself. All emotions are reflected in the body and mind. Envy and fear cause the face to pale, love makes it glow.
Don't get the green disease of envy. Don't be fooled by success and money. Don't let anything come between you and your work.
I envy the people who say, 'oh, well, I've got my name in the golden book and I'm going to be entered into the pearly gates.'
I envy drummers. It must be the ultimate to sing and play drums at the same time. Phil Collins, no wonder he's so f... happy.
I have a learning disability when it comes to languages, I envy actors like Prakash Raj and my kids who do it with such ease.
America was and still is able to make the necessary changes to maintain research institutions that are the envy of the world.
Birds have wings; they're free; they can fly where they want when they want. They have the kind of mobility many people envy.
Dead men may envy living mites in cheese, Or good germs even. Microbes have their joys, And subdivide, and never come to death.
I missed Breaking Bad and people just go on and on about it until you're blue in the face with envy and you've got to watch it.
Big rocks are envy of little sands because little sands can travel with the winds. Every littleness has its own big advantages!
The propaganda of communism possesses a language which every people can understand. Its elements are simply hunger, envy, death.
I never engaged in public affairs for my own interest, pleasure, envy, jealousy, avarice or ambition, or even the desire of fame
Each time I read a book, I cataloged the parts that struck me dumb with envy and admiration for their beauty and power and truth.
Jealousy is the dragon in paradise; the hell of heaven; and the most bitter of the emotions because associated with the sweetest.
When I was the NIH director, I often expressed envy of institute directors: they had the money and ran the scientific programmes.
Envy, like the worm, never runs but to the fairest fruit; like a cunning bloodhound, it singles out the fattest deer in the flock.
Since the primitive times, the wealth of the popes was exposed to envy, their powers to opposition, and their persons to violence.
The praise of ancient authors proceeds not from the reverence of the dead, but from the competition and mutual envy of the living.
I envy people who can just look at a sunset. I wonder how you can shoot it. There is nothing more grotesque to me than a vacation.
Envy, slothful vice, Never makes its way in lofty characters, But, like the skulking viper, creeps and crawls Close to the ground.
I am unable to eat what I want to and always work hard to maintain my body and looks. I envy other women who have a free lifestyle.
Unsuccessful emulation is too apt to sink into envy, which of all sins has not even the excuse to offer of temporary gratification.
The company of certain people may excite our generosity and sensitivity, while that of others awakens our competitiveness and envy.
Wherever good fortune enters, envy lays siege to the place and attacks it; and when it departs, sorrow and repentance remain behind.
Envy is what makes you, when an acquaintance is lustily telling you that she's dating a Greek god of a guy, ask, 'Which one, Hades?'
Socially, the Cuban revolution created an education system and health service that remain the envy of much of the neo-liberal world.
A skeptic as to all ideas, including especially my own, I have never suffered a pang when the ideas of some other imbecile prevailed.
We often pride ourselves on even the most criminal passions, but envy is a timid and shamefaced passion we never dare to acknowledge.
Equality is a slogan based on envy. It signifies in the heart of every republican: "Nobody is going to occupy a place higher than I."
Envy, though not the greatest sin, is the only one that gives the sinner no pleasure at all, not even fake and temporary satisfaction.
Praise is a debt we owe unto the virtue of others, and due unto our own from all whom malice hath not made mutes, or envy struck dumb.