Quote: As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion. Author: Antisthenes 388-311 BC, Greek Dramatist
Quote: None of the affections have been noted to fascinate and bewitch but envy. Author: Francis Bacon 1561-1626, British Philosopher, Essayist, Statesman
Quote: The envied are like bureaucrats; the more impersonal they are, the greater the illusion (for themselves and for others) of their power. Author: John Berger 1926-, British Actor, Critic
Quote: Envy and wrath shorten the life. [Ecclesiasticus] Author: Bible Sacred Scriptures of Christians and Judaism
Quote: Let age, not envy, draw wrinkles on thy cheeks. Author: Sir Thomas Browne 1605-1682, British Author, Physician,, Philosopher
Quote: I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own. Author: Marcus T. Cicero c. 106-43 BC, Great Roman Orator, Politician
Quote: Envy is the tax which all distinction must pay. Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803-1882, American Poet, Essayist
Quote: Some folks rail against other folks, because other folks have what some folks would be glad of. Author: Henry Fielding 1707-1754, British Novelist, Dramatist
Quote: Nothing sharpens sight like envy. Author: Thomas Fuller 1608-1661, British Clergyman, Author
Quote: Fools may our scorn, not envy, raise. For envy is a kind of praise. Author: John Gay 1688-1732, British Playwright, Poet
Quote: Men are so constituted that every one undertakes what he sees another successful in, whether he has aptitude for it or not. Author: Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe 1749-1832, German Poet, Dramatist, Novelist
Quote: The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause. Author: Baltasar Gracian 1601-1658, Spanish Philosopher, Writer
Quote: Helpless, unknown, and unremembered, most human beings, however sensitive, idealistic, intelligent, go through life as passengers rather than chauffeurs. Although we may pretend that it is the chauffeur who is the social inferior, most of us, like Toad of Toad Hall, would not mind a turn at the wheel ourselves. Author: Ralph Harper
Quote: 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. Author: William Hazlitt 1778-1830, British Essayist
Quote: How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied. Author: Herodotus BC 484-425, Greek Historian
Quote: All the world is competent to judge my pictures except those who are of my profession. Author: William Hogarth 1697-1764, British Painter, Engraver
Quote: He will be loved when dead, who was envied when he was living. Author: Horace BC 65-8, Italian Poet
Quote: His scorn of the great is repeated too often to be real; no man thinks much of that which he despises. Author: Samuel Johnson 1709-1784, British Author
Quote: Envy is more irreconcilable than hatred. Author: Francois De La Rochefoucauld 1613-1680, French Classical Writer
Quote: It is not enough to succeed, others must fail. Author: Francois De La Rochefoucauld 1613-1680, French Classical Writer
Quote: The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy. Author: Francois De La Rochefoucauld 1613-1680, French Classical Writer
Quote: There is no sweeter sound than the crumbling of ones fellow man. Author: Groucho Marx 1895-1977, American Comic Actor
Quote: Envy is honors foe. Author: Motto
Quote: Envy aims very high. Author: Ovid BC 43-18 AD, Roman Poet
Quote: Envy feeds on the living, after death it rests, then the honor of a man protects him. Author: Ovid BC 43-18 AD, Roman Poet
Quote: Rust consumes iron and envy consumes itself. Author: Danish Proverb Sayings of Danish Origin
Quote: Envy eats nothing, but its own heart. Author: German Proverb Sayings of German Origin
Quote: They that envy others are their inferiors. Author: Saying
Quote: Oh, what a bitter thing it is to look into happiness through another man's eyes. Author: William Shakespeare 1564-1616, British Poet, Playwright, Actor
Quote: The envious person grows lean with the fatness of their neighbor. Author: Socrates BC 469-399, Greek Philosopher of Athens
Quote: Man will do many things to get himself loved; he will do all things to get himself envied. Author: Mark Twain 1835-1910, American Humorist, Writer
Quote: Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies. Author: Gore Vidal 1925-, American Novelist, Critic