Envy Quotes

28 quotations about Envy
He who goes unenvied shall not be admired.
Aeschylus · Envy
As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion.
Antisthenes · Envy
None of the affections have been noted to fascinate and bewitch but envy.
Francis Bacon · Envy
Envy and wrath shorten the life. [Ecclesiasticus]
Bible · Envy
Let age, not envy, draw wrinkles on thy cheeks.
Sir Thomas Browne · Envy
I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.
Marcus T. Cicero · Envy
Envy is the tax which all distinction must pay.
Ralph Waldo Emerson · Envy
Some folks rail against other folks, because other folks have what some folks would be glad of.
Henry Fielding · Envy
Nothing sharpens sight like envy.
Thomas Fuller · Envy
Fools may our scorn, not envy, raise. For envy is a kind of praise.
John Gay · Envy
The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.
Baltasar Gracian · Envy
How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.
Herodotus · Envy
All the world is competent to judge my pictures except those who are of my profession.
William Hogarth · Envy
He will be loved when dead, who was envied when he was living.
Horace · Envy
The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
Francois De La Rochefoucauld · Envy
It is not enough to succeed, others must fail.
Francois De La Rochefoucauld · Envy
Envy is more irreconcilable than hatred.
Francois De La Rochefoucauld · Envy
There is no sweeter sound than the crumbling of ones fellow man.
Groucho Marx · Envy
Envy is honors foe.
Motto · Envy
Envy feeds on the living, after death it rests, then the honor of a man protects him.
Ovid · Envy
Envy aims very high.
Ovid · Envy
Rust consumes iron and envy consumes itself.
Danish Proverb · Envy
Envy eats nothing, but its own heart.
German Proverb · Envy
They that envy others are their inferiors.
Saying · Envy
Oh, what a bitter thing it is to look into happiness through another man's eyes.
William Shakespeare · Envy

Authors on Envy

Aeschylus Antisthenes Francis Bacon Bible Sir Thomas Browne Marcus T. Cicero Danish Proverb Ralph Waldo Emerson Henry Fielding Thomas Fuller John Gay German Proverb Baltasar Gracian Herodotus William Hogarth Horace Francois De La Rochefoucauld Groucho Marx Motto Ovid