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